Big East 2024 Offseason

[DFW HOYA]

St. John's is not going to the NIT. It's not 1973 anymore.

[Herman Cain]

Winning is better then losing , so helpful win by The Johnnies .

[Pakuni]

It’s his roster

He undoubtedly would have coached it much better. Nova is 2-5 in games settled by 5 points or less, and 0-3 in games settled by 3 or less. I imagine they may have flipped that with Wright on the bench.
Kyle Neptune may be a good coach one day, but right now Nova has to be second-guessing itself about turning over a well-oiled machine to a guy with so little experience.

[panda]

He undoubtedly would have coached it much better. Nova is 2-5 in games settled by 5 points or less, and 0-3 in games settled by 3 or less. I imagine they may have flipped that with Wright on the bench.
Kyle Neptune may be a good coach one day, but right now Nova has to be second-guessing itself about turning over a well-oiled machine to a guy with so little experience.

Sounds like they’re unlucky. No strategy could possibly flip that script.

[Pakuni]

Sounds like they’re unlucky. No strategy could possibly flip that script.

#coachingnomatta?

[panda]

#coachingnomatta?

Nope. It takes no specific skills or strategy from a coaching standpoint to win close games.

[Pakuni]

Nope. It takes no specific skills or strategy from a coaching standpoint to win close games.

Coaching only wins the easy games.

[LAZER]

Sounds like they’re unlucky. No strategy could possibly flip that script.

They’re #77 in Pomeroy with losses to Temple, Portland St, DePaul, and Butler. And it’s just a matter of bad luck?

[Daniel]

Ok, this St John’s/Georgetown game has been pretty entertaining.

It was a good game to watch.   Georgetown lost their 7 point lead.  Was exciting finish

[cheebs09]

It was a good game to watch.   Georgetown lost their 7 point lead.  Was exciting finish

Their fans have to be thrilled. They should do great with the high draft pick.

[Herman Cain]

The comments in one of the Nova fan sites game thread is good reading .

Coach Neptune not endearing himself to the Wildcat Nation.

https://www.vuhoops.com/2023/1/29/23572964/villanova-vs-providence-chat-time-tv-channel-odds-how-to-watch

[Pakuni]

The comments in one of the Nova fan sites game thread is good reading .

Coach Neptune not endearing himself to the Wildcat Nation.

https://www.vuhoops.com/2023/1/29/23572964/villanova-vs-providence-chat-time-tv-channel-odds-how-to-watch

He's just unlucky.

[panda]

He's just unlucky.

Facts only PAC man

[Uncle Rico]

I’ll ask anyone that watched today’s game what coaching changes should have been made?  I’m legitimately curious.  It’s easy to blame coaches and it’s possible Neptune is in over his head but what in today’s game should be have done different?

[MU82]

I’ll ask anyone that watched today’s game what coaching changes should have been made?  I’m legitimately curious.  It’s easy to blame coaches and it’s possible Neptune is in over his head but what in today’s game should be have done different?

Shoulda played Ben Gold more.

[GoldenEagles03]

Wednesdays game could prove to be huge for the Conference Title race...obviously every game matters, but Nova is set up perfectly to be that spoiler team now that they have a full roster back.

Nova plays:

Marquette once
Xavier once
Providence once
UConn once
Creighton twice

and they will inevitably pick off a few of those teams with Moore back in the fold.

Dixon
Slater
Whitmore
Daniels
Moore

is a high level starting five.  If Marquette can get the season sweep of the full strength spoiler it could prove to be the difference!  Big week ahead!

[wisblue]

A close look at the remaining schedules shows how extraordinarily close the BE conference race is, and how none of the 4 teams has a clear scheduling advantage.

If all 4 teams win all of their home games and lose only road games against the league's 5 apparently NCAA bound teams, the race will end in a 4 way tie at 16-4. The losses would be:

Marquette: @UConn, @Creighton
Xavier: @Marquette, @Providence
Providence: @Xavier, @UConn
Creighton: @Providence

As the previous post points out, Villanova could be a real spoiler as they have road games against each of the 4 contenders and a home game against Creighton. They have played the contenders tough and will only be tougher as Moore rounds into shape.

Seton Hall could also be a spoiler with home games against Creighton and Xavier and a game at Providence.

Of course, the contenders will also have to avoid upsets against the bottom 4 (DePaul, St. John's, Butler and Georgetown). Xavier's loss at DePaul could really haunt them.

A lot of interesting games ahead.

[Pakuni]

I’ll ask anyone that watched today’s game what coaching changes should have been made?  I’m legitimately curious.  It’s easy to blame coaches and it’s possible Neptune is in over his head but what in today’s game should be have done different?

Many posts in the comments here pointing out questionable coaching decisions down the stretch.

https://www.vuhoops.com/2023/1/29/23576529/villanova-justin-moores-return-against-no-23-providence-70-65-college-basketball-recap

[warriorchick]

Many posts in the comments here pointing out questionable coaching decisions down the stretch.

https://www.vuhoops.com/2023/1/29/23576529/villanova-justin-moores-return-against-no-23-providence-70-65-college-basketball-recap

Sports fans second-guessing coaching decisions?  I don't believe you. That never happens.

[JakeBarnes]

Sports fans second-guessing coaching decisions?  I don't believe you. That never happens.

Certainly not here. Scoop would never second-guess a coaching decision in the moment. And definitely not after the fact.

[Herman Cain]

Nova looking to Justin Moore for Leadership
https://villanovan.com/22023/sports/moore-returns-providence-bests-villanova-70-65/

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

Kinda glad we’re running into Moore early in his return

[GoldenEagles03]

Xavier message board is saying Freemantle could be out for the year with a stress fracture to his foot.

Nothing confirmed at all.

[Skatastrophy]

Xavier message board is saying Freemantle could be out for the year with a stress fracture to his foot.

Nothing confirmed at all.

Oof

[Herman Cain]

Xavier message board is saying Freemantle could be out for the year with a stress fracture to his foot.

Nothing confirmed at all.

Looks like a Jimmy John’s walking boot scenario ….

http://www.xavierhoops.com/showthread.php?35479-Freemantle-Hurt&s=f016181a56600b066ab9a392f0b408ba