2021-22 Big East Conference Results

[Herman Cain]

Good that Big East is represented in this final four .

Will be rooting hard for Nova. First , they have to beat Kansas . Cooley & Company was right there against the Jayhawks, so hopefully there is some worthwhile scouting tape to watch.

[Herman Cain]

Good article on Bryan Antoine

https://www.nj.com/setonhall/2022/03/nj-native-bryan-antoine-will-have-a-great-opportunity-for-villanova-in-final-four-after-star-gets-injured.html

[GoldenEagles03]

Good article on Bryan Antoine

https://www.nj.com/setonhall/2022/03/nj-native-bryan-antoine-will-have-a-great-opportunity-for-villanova-in-final-four-after-star-gets-injured.html

Theres probably a ton of nerves on his end, but I hope not.  He's good enough to be on Villanova after all.  Must be a pretty exciting time to know your role is increasing on the biggest stage of all.

Good luck to Antoine and Villanova.

[rocky_warrior]

Theres probably a ton of nerves on his end, but I hope not.  He's good enough to be on Villanova after all.  Must be a pretty exciting time to know your role is increasing on the biggest stage of all.

Good luck to Antoine and Villanova.

I know injuries have derailed his playing time, and playing style I'm sure.  And I don't think they expect huge production out of him.  But it's crazy that when a star goes down Jay can just grab a 5 star McD AA from his bench to use.   

[Johnny B]

I know injuries have derailed his playing time, and playing style I'm sure.  And I don't think they expect huge production out of him.  But it's crazy that when a star goes down Jay can just grab a 5 star McD AA from his bench to use.   

hes a good kid but he genuinly might be the most over rated burger boy in history. he has shown zero on the court.

[JWags85]

hes a good kid but he genuinly might be the most over rated burger boy in history. he has shown zero on the court.

Don't disrespect Brian Butch like that! The classic MCD AA redshirt who still played less than 10 min a game as a redshirt freshman

[Herman Cain]

hes a good kid but he genuinly might be the most over rated burger boy in history. he has shown zero on the court.

Bryan never played healthy. So we never saw his full potential.

He started his first year with a bad shoulder injury that eventually had to have surgery twice , Shoulder injuries are very difficult to come back from. Ability to use arms in sports is permanently changed .

To top it off he had knee issues .

I hope they can get 10-12 quality minutes from him.

[Herman Cain]

X at Bonnie's tonight in The Garden .

Bonnie's have been playing strong lately so X needs its best effort .

[statnik]

X at Bonnie's tonight in The Garden .

Bonnie's have been playing strong lately so X needs its best effort .

Xavier was fun to watch in their game to get to the Garden last week, I had more fun watching their game against Vanderbilt than many of the big NCAA Tourney games of the last week.

[panda]

Xavier was fun to watch in their game to get to the Garden last week, I had more fun watching their game against Vanderbilt than many of the big NCAA Tourney games of the last week.

Xavier will be a scary team next year. Granted they're playing NIT competition, but they look to be a completely different team since the firing.

[jfp61]

Xavier will be a scary team next year. Granted they're playing NIT competition, but they look to be a completely different team since the firing.

Half their team will enter the portal. And Johnson and Scruggs are for sure gone.

Sean Miller is reaching out to transfers to fill the spots. They might still be good, it will just likely be a different team.

[panda]

Half their team will enter the portal. And Johnson and Scruggs are for sure gone.

Sean Miller is reaching out to transfers to fill the spots. They might still be good, it will just likely be a different team.

Everyone may transfer - Everyone may return. My statement assumes the core of Nunge, Jones, Odom and Freemantle return.

[rocky_warrior]

Sean Miller is reaching out to transfers to fill the spots. They might still be good, it will just likely be a different team.

Miller has had a year off of coaching to exclusively bag-drop without any recruiting restrictions.  He'll retain a few good players, and get a few more good players, IMO.

[MU82]

On PTI today, Jay Wright said:

"Free-throw shooting has been real important to us."

Obviously, he doesn't read Scoop.

[Herman Cain]

X in the finals.

Buzz up 6 at half over DJ Rodman and Washington State in the other semi. 

[Pakuni]

At the McDonald's AA game, and Nova-bound Cam Whitmore is easily one of the best players on the court, at least tonight. Seems like he might be a problem for the Big East.

[Herman Cain]

At the McDonald's AA game, and Nova-bound Cam Whitmore is easily one of the best players on the court, at least tonight. Seems like he might be a problem for the Big East.

Prototype Big East Switchable. Love how Nova just reloads every year with guys like this. 

https://247sports.com/player/cam-whitmore-46102395/

[1SE]

X in the finals.

Buzz up 6 at half over DJ Rodman and Washington State in the other semi.

Buzz vs. BE for a banner.

With Nova alive BE can win the double. Accordingly to this, the last (only?) time teams from the same conference one both NIT & NCAA is 2006.

https://www.secrant.com/rant/sec-football/has-a-conference-ever-had-the-ncaa-and-nit-champion-in-the-same-season/101855258/

[Viper]

Buzz vs. BE for a banner.

With Nova alive BE can win the double. Accordingly to this, the last (only?) time teams from the same conference one both NIT & NCAA is 2006.

https://www.secrant.com/rant/sec-football/has-a-conference-ever-had-the-ncaa-and-nit-champion-in-the-same-season/101855258/

probably could start a thread with this thought.
Marquette makes the ncaa and gets smoked in historic fashion. However, was it important for MU in Shaka's 1st season here to make the ncaa despite the a$$ kick? Or, if winning the NIT was a lock, would that have been a better outcome for the season?
Winning the NIT means 4 more games. National tv exposure. Raising a banner. Getting ncaa road-killed means?

[MU82]

probably could start a thread with this thought.
Marquette makes the ncaa and gets smoked in historic fashion. However, was it important for MU in Shaka's 1st season here to make the ncaa despite the a$$ kick? Or, if winning the NIT was a lock, would that have been a better outcome for the season?
Winning the NIT means 4 more games. National tv exposure. Raising a banner. Getting ncaa road-killed means?

I was just thinking about this yesterday.

Let's say there had been a few different (but very realistic) results -- for example, we lose once each to Nova and Hall, as well as to K-State, but win at DePaul. And say we just miss the tourney as one of the first 4 out. Then we go on to advance to the NIT semis in MSG (or maybe even win the NIT title).

That would have meant we won 4 of our last 5 regular-season games as well as several in the NIT, so it wouldn't have been a "fade." We also still would have a win against Nova, the beatdown of The Provi, the Illinois win, and a few other nice victories.

Would most Scoopers feel better about how the season went than they do now?

[The Sultan]

Losing in the first round of the NCAAs >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Winning the NIT.

[MU82]

Losing in the first round of the NCAAs >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Winning the NIT.

Agree.

But that doesn't mean Scoopers would have had the same visceral gut-punch reaction to the season had we barely missed the NCAAs but made a run in the NIT.

[The Sultan]

Agree.

But that doesn't mean Scoopers would have had the same visceral gut-punch reaction to the season had we barely missed the NCAAs but made a run in the NIT.

Because Scoopers are short-term thinking morons.

[Elonsmusk]

Buzz vs. BE for a banner.

With Nova alive BE can win the double. Accordingly to this, the last (only?) time teams from the same conference one both NIT & NCAA is 2006.

https://www.secrant.com/rant/sec-football/has-a-conference-ever-had-the-ncaa-and-nit-champion-in-the-same-season/101855258/

Buzz backs up his harsh criticism of the NCAA committee by pummeling Oregon, Wake Forest, and Washington State by 15.

A&M got shafted not getting into the NCAA.  Guys who can coach, can coach.  No surprise to see Buzz once again having March success.  I suspect they'll beat Xavier for the championship.  Their late season surge has A&M up to 33 in Ken Pom.

[cheebs09]

Get the popcorn ready for the press conference if they win.

Also, first round loss was way better than NIT Championship, especially this year. The program needed a shot in the arm and making the tournament, even if it ended in a letdown, I think is big for the excitement around the program.