Big East 2024 -25 Results

[CountryRoads]

Conference strength matters more when your team is middle of the pack. I've never understood the "we need DePaul/Georgetown to be good" line of thinking. I'd like to hear an argument of how that benefits MU. I mean I guess it'd be nice if they became better than a terrible buy level opponent, but other than that I don't get it.

[The Sultan]

Conference strength matters more when your team is middle of the pack. I've never understood the "we need DePaul/Georgetown to be good" line of thinking. I'd like to hear an argument of how that benefits MU. I mean I guess it'd be nice if they became better than a terrible buy level opponent, but other than that I don't get it.

Exactly.

[MarquetteMike1977]

Georgia has 3 guys foul out, hope they hang on!

Not sure if final was posted here but Georgia  beat Saint John's 66-63

[MarquetteMike1977]

Not sure if this final was posted here but Maryland beat Villanova 76-75

[Scoop Snoop]

The benefits to the BE conference are only slight when the teams near the bottom win OOC games. No doubt. But the metrics used by the Selection Committee, which will also evaluate teams like Georgia and Maryland, do matter.

Let me present two scenarios-both admittedly ridiculous- but they are simply to illustrate a point, and not to be taken seriously.

At the end of the season: A) Georgia and Maryland win all but 2-3 of their games this year. B) Georgia and Maryland lose all but 3 of their games this year. No difference between A and B on Marquette's seeding prospects? 

Every game by our major opponents counts, even if only a little bit. If we win at Iowa State, I hope they win all of their remaining games.

I think the main pushback on this thread is Herman's insistence on focusing on what he calls "the Big East cause" and how the teams that lost an OOC game "screwed the Big East". Marquette first by a mile. The Big East is clearly secondary. 

[The Sultan]

Of course the cumulative impact matters, but the individual impact of a specific game really doesn't matter all that much.

I hope Georgia and Maryland have great seasons. But losing a few here and there isn't going to worry me much if Marquette keeps winning.

[1SE]

Not sure if final was posted here but Georgia  beat Saint John's 66-63

Not gonna win many games going 2-19 from 3

[Scoop Snoop]

Of course the cumulative impact matters, but the individual impact of a specific game really doesn't matter all that much.

I hope Georgia and Maryland have great seasons. But losing a few here and there isn't going to worry me much if Marquette keeps winning.

No argument from me. I think this is all about the effect a win or loss will have. There is some, even if a just little. The cheer I hear at the end of our games is WE ARE...MARQUETTE!.

Not WE ARE...the BIG EAST!

[MuggsyB]

Not a good day for St. J or Nova.  I'd be shocked if Neptune is back next season. 

[The Sultan]

Not a good day for St. J or Nova.  I'd be shocked if Neptune is back next season. 

Thanks.

[MU82]

It doesn't bother me at all when Creighton or St. John's loses a game here and there. They win plenty. I don't like them, and I like rooting against them.

And I can't think of a scenario that would make me root for Madison.

[MuggsyB]

Thanks.

There's no need to keep thanking me Fluffy. 

[rocky_warrior]

There's no next keep thanking me Fluffy. 

I must have misread this that muggsy was done here.

[Herman Cain]

Pitino not afraid to bench stars

https://nypost.com/2024/11/24/sports/slow-st-johns-falls-to-georgia-in-dismal-end-to-bahamas-trip/

[UWW2MU]

Why do some posters have such a hang up that there are other posters who like getting into the minutiea of fandom regarding things like AP poll ranking, analytics, and on this thread with opponent outcomes? 

What has become of your lives that you feel compelled to announce that other people's interests are of no interest to you?  Get over yourself already, take a walk, meet a new friend or something. Maybe get a puppy?  Good golly...

[DoctorV]

Pitino not afraid to bench stars

https://nypost.com/2024/11/24/sports/slow-st-johns-falls-to-georgia-in-dismal-end-to-bahamas-trip/

What stars?

[pbiflyer]

You coulda just said, "Yep, you're right."

But then the middle schooler in me wouldn't have been able to post facts about Uranus. 

[brewcity77]

Pitino not afraid to bench stars

https://nypost.com/2024/11/24/sports/slow-st-johns-falls-to-georgia-in-dismal-end-to-bahamas-trip/

LOL not what happened. Sounds like big problems in Queens.

Pitino wanted Smith to go back in, he refused. When they got back to NYC, he wouldn't get on the team bus and left on his own.

[rocky_warrior]

Maybe get a puppy?  Good golly...

I'm allergic to puppies.  Jerk!

(How are peanuts banned on airplanes but dogs are allowed)

[Herman Cain]

Solid win for The Hall over FAU. Much needed.

[The Sultan]

Why do some posters have such a hang up that there are other posters who like getting into the minutiea of fandom regarding things like AP poll ranking, analytics, and on this thread with opponent outcomes? 

What has become of your lives that you feel compelled to announce that other people's interests are of no interest to you?  Get over yourself already, take a walk, meet a new friend or something. Maybe get a puppy?  Good golly...

This post doesn't interest me either.

[Uncle Rico]

No score :18 seconds into the UConn-Memphis game.

Is UConn and the Big East overrated?

[tower912]

I am sure UConn scoop wants to fire Hurley's azz.

[Vander Blue Man Group]

Not a crisp first 10 minutes for UConn. 

[Carl]

Yeah they have their hands full. Some nice athleticism on this Memphis team. I'm sure it'll end up a 20 point win by the end of it