Big East 2021-2022 Season Thread

[IL Warrior]

Bucks play at 5pm at FF. Guessing this will be a 11am game.

The Bucks also play at 5pm on 1/15 and 7:30pm on 2/26. As a result, I'd expect MU-SHU to be 11am, and MU-Butler to be 11am or 1pm.

I wonder about NMD this year. None of the weekend games line up as the obvious answer:
Sat 1/1 vs Creighton - students are on break
Sat 1/15 vs Seton Hall - students are on break
Sun 1/23 vs Xavier - Maybe? I remember the last Sunday NMD generating a fair amount of angst among the posters here.
Sat 2/26 vs Butler - I guess this is the most likely, but most of us probably wish it was a night game
Sat 3/5 vs St. John's - I doubt we would see NMD, Al's Night, and Senior Night on the same day, but maybe?

[Dr. Blackheart]

Any idea when National MU day will be announced?

A good guess is 1/16 right before school starts. As Nielsen points out, TV is the driver.

Let's hope it's not a Sunday game again on 1/23. That didn't go over too well last time we were all live.

[cheebs09]

A good guess is 1/16 right before school starts. As Nielsen points out, TV is the driver.

Let's hope it's not a Sunday game again on 1/23. That didn't go over too well last time we were all live.

I thought it was typically a February game. My thought would be the Butler game.

[geps]

Could be rough December.

[UWW2MU]

Could be rough December.

I'm concerned about the mental toll it may take on a young team to have games at WI and Kansas State and then a home game against a supposedly top notch UCLA (presumably they can lose all 3) and then wait an entire week for conference games to begin.   Could be a very rough start to the conference season.

[Uncle Rico]

Could be rough December.

This is an 8-10 win team

[tower912]

A long December
And its easy to believe
Maybe this year
Will be better than the last.

So little known about this team.  8-10 wins seems low, but I am only thinking 12-14.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

I'm thinking 13-16 wins

[Mr. Nielsen]

The Bucks also play at 5pm on 1/15 and 7:30pm on 2/26. As a result, I'd expect MU-SHU to be 11am, and MU-Butler to be 11am or 1pm.

I wonder about NMD this year. None of the weekend games line up as the obvious answer:
Sat 1/1 vs Creighton - students are on break
Sat 1/15 vs Seton Hall - students are on break
Sun 1/23 vs Xavier - Maybe? I remember the last Sunday NMD generating a fair amount of angst among the posters here.
Sat 2/26 vs Butler - I guess this is the most likely, but most of us probably wish it was a night game
Sat 3/5 vs St. John's - I doubt we would see NMD, Al's Night, and Senior Night on the same day, but maybe?

I'm going to think NMD will land on 2/26.

[swoopem]

A good guess is 1/16 right before school starts. As Nielsen points out, TV is the driver.

Let's hope it's not a Sunday game again on 1/23. That didn't go over too well last time we were all live.

I think it'll be Butler but I agree that the Seton Hall game could be rowdy with students returning that weekend plus it being MLK weekend and a lot of people having Monday off.

Smart money is on Butler though

[MU82]

This is an 8-10 win team

Jeesh ... I hope you're wrong about that!

[Herman Cain]

Pump the brakes on the St. John's bandwagon

https://twitter.com/cbb_central/status/1441048809321246721?s=21

That is typical Johnnie Nonsense .

[dgies9156]

God what a bunch of downers. 20 wins here we come!

[Billy Hoyle]

That is typical Johnnie Nonsense .

the team had to begged to play after they all threatened to quit at halftime against Seton Hall, a game they trailed by 10 at the half, didn't have Posh Alexander, trailed 18-0, and won by 10, on the road? I'm not really buying that.  And the COVID claims don't really hold up since SJU didn't have to cancel any games due to positives within their program. From what I understand, Moore was a cancer too.

And all of their best players returned too. This sounds like a money grab by a coach who was replaced by a better dude.

[Uncle Rico]

the team had to begged to play after they all threatened to quit at halftime against Seton Hall, a game they trailed by 10 at the half, didn't have Posh Alexander, trailed 18-0, and won by 10, on the road? I'm not really buying that.  And the COVID claims don't really hold up since SJU didn't have to cancel any games due to positives within their program. From what I understand, Moore was a cancer too.

And all of their best players returned too. This sounds like a money grab by a coach who was replaced by a better dude.

Maybe but it would be an odd move for a guy who has gotten another job and seemingly still wants to coach college basketball. 

[MU82]

Should we view it as a sign of lower interest in the team if nobody at the No. 1 Marquette basketball fan site even bothered to start a separate thread about the new season's schedule being released?

[Johnny B]

Should we view it as a sign of lower interest in the team if nobody at the No. 1 Marquette basketball fan site even bothered to start a separate thread about the new season's schedule being released?

meh maybe we will see  who is back whn the season starts. shakas kinda gotta get this program going again.

[WI_Inferiority_Complexes1]

Should we view it as a sign of lower interest in the team if nobody at the No. 1 Marquette basketball fan site even bothered to start a separate thread about the new season's schedule being released?

I get a fair share of emails from Marquette. They've been trying to put me in an 1881 shirt for weeks. Why don't they promote that the schedule is out?

[MU82]

I get a fair share of emails from Marquette. They've been trying to put me in an 1881 shirt for weeks. Why don't they promote that the schedule is out?

Damn! I thought I was the only one getting that offer. I feel so much less special now!!

[WI_Inferiority_Complexes1]

I get a fair share of emails from Marquette. They've been trying to put me in an 1881 shirt for weeks. Why don't they promote that the schedule is out?

They emailed me now. All is well.

[MarquetteMike1977]

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Coaches identify men's college basketball's top sleeper teams for 2021-22 season
2 Teams were identified in the Big East
1. Seton Hall
2. Providence

[Newsdreams]

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EXCLUSIVE CONTENT
Coaches identify men's college basketball's top sleeper teams for 2021-22 season
2 Teams were identified in the Big East
1. Seton Hall
2. Providence

We'll catch everyone napping

[MUDPT]

Don't know if this has been posted, but the Ole Miss game is listed as a 6 CST tip.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Villanova junior and former 5-star Brian Antonie is out with a knee injury. Early reports say that he could be out until December. I really feel for that kid, he's had like three major injuries since getting to college. He would be really good if could just get healthy and stay healthy.

[zcg2013]

TV schedule and Times set for Big East Schedule.

https://www.bigeast.com/news/2021/9/29/big-east-announces-2021-22-mens-basketball-television-schedule.aspx

3 games on CBSSN
1 game on FS2
1 game on Fox

Rest on FS1