Big East 2024 -25 Results

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

It's a D2 program.

[Herman Cain]

The Johnnies , Nova and Georgetown help The Big East cause with some wins.

[brewcity77]

Lincoln, PA??  Is this a high school program?

One of their assistants was the former head coach there.

[Jay Bee]

One of their assistants was the former head coach there.

Exhibition? Ok. Dec game? Gross.

[brewcity77]

Exhibition? Ok. Dec game? Gross.

Seemed like an odd choice. Corey Lowery was on staff at St. Peter's before taking the Lincoln job, then Sha brought him back when he got SHU. Maybe it was part of the buyout? Glad that we don't have any such games. I really don't get a high-major ever bringing in a D2/D3. Unless maybe you're Louisville and you can't beat anyone in D1.

[Jay Bee]

Lol. Yeah. I'd be afraid of d2 if I was Louisville this year tho.. migh be afraid of a rando 40+ league

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

The Johnnies , Nova and Georgetown help The Big East cause with some wins.

Does the Johnnies beating another Big East team help the Big East's cause?

[zcg2013]

Watched a majority of that SJU DePaul game. A few things I gathered on both.

SJU - Soriano is going to get his. Dude has seriously improved. However, Anderson really doesn't have them run lots of plays. More just tries to win on sheer athleticism and speeding up the other team (which worked against DePaul). If we don't get sped up, can beat this team twice

DePaul - Missing their two best big men and they definitely need them. Horrible at handling the pressure and got lost all over the place on D. If people make their open looks, Kolek might have 20 assists each game against the Blue Demons.

[MarquetteDano]

Watched a majority of that SJU DePaul game. A few things I gathered on both.

SJU - Soriano is going to get his. Dude has seriously improved. However, Anderson really doesn't have them run lots of plays. More just tries to win on sheer athleticism and speeding up the other team (which worked against DePaul). If we don't get sped up, can beat this team twice

DePaul - Missing their two best big men and they definitely need them. Horrible at handling the pressure and got lost all over the place on D. If people make their open looks, Kolek might have 20 assists each game against the Blue Demons.

Never easy sweeping DePaul.  We have done it six times in the last twenty years and there has been some awful DePaul teams in that span and some Top 10 teams for Marquette.  I go to the game every year in Chicago and other than some exceptions it is always a battle.

[IrwinFletcher]

Sweeping DePaul
Madison stinks this year

Two fallacies that Marquette fans seem to spew every single year.

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

Sweeping DePaul
Madison stinks this year

Two fallacies that Marquette fans seem to spew every single year.

Madison stinks. Unfortunately, so does the rest of college basketball.

[zcg2013]

Never easy sweeping DePaul.  We have done it six times in the last twenty years and there has been some awful DePaul teams in that span and some Top 10 teams for Marquette.  I go to the game every year in Chicago and other than some exceptions it is always a battle.

There's a reason I didn't say we should beat DePaul twice. I know all too well about the games that we mess up in grand fashion.

[MU82]

There's nothing wrong with believing that we should beat DePaul twice. I do. We're clearly the better team.

But we're all smart enough to know that the better team doesn't necessarily win each given game, and we also have memories of some agonizing losses to DePaul when we were by far the better team.

If one looks at the group of DePaul, St. John's, Georgetown, Butler and Seton Hall, it's not outrageous for a Marquette fan to say, "I think we'll win 8 of those 10 games." If that happens to include 2 expected wins vs. DePaul, it's easily supportable.

[Jay Bee]

Never easy sweeping DePaul.  We have done it six times in the last twenty years

This is a troubling fact

[The Lens]

Never easy sweeping DePaul.  We have done it six times in the last twenty years and there has been some awful DePaul teams in that span and some Top 10 teams for Marquette.  I go to the game every year in Chicago and other than some exceptions it is always a battle.

There were 4 times in those 20 years (08, 11, 12, & 13) where we only played DePaul once and we beat them.

[MarquetteDano]

There were 4 times in those 20 years (08, 11, 12, & 13) where we only played DePaul once and we beat them.

True.  Maybe a better way to look at it is away games:  Since 2002 we have played them away 17 times.  Our record in those games is 8-9 and we have lost 2 home games in that span.

Think of some of those Marquette teams in that span and how poor DePaul was for a bulk of those.  Sweeping them is not easy.

[The Equalizer]

Does the Johnnies beating another Big East team help the Big East's cause?

Depends on who the other Big East team is.

This year, by all appearances DePaul and Georgetown likely have no shot at post-season play, so any wins by them (other than to each other) hurts the cause of another team qualifying.

Maximizing bids for the Big East requires a handful of teams to absorb a ton of losses, allowing more teams to finish .500 or better. 

[Herman Cain]

Depends on who the other Big East team is.

This year, by all appearances DePaul and Georgetown likely have no shot at post-season play, so any wins by them (other than to each other) hurts the cause of another team qualifying.

Maximizing bids for the Big East requires a handful of teams to absorb a ton of losses, allowing more teams to finish .500 or better.

I agree with this analysis.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Depends on who the other Big East team is.

This year, by all appearances DePaul and Georgetown likely have no shot at post-season play, so any wins by them (other than to each other) hurts the cause of another team qualifying.

Maximizing bids for the Big East requires a handful of teams to absorb a ton of losses, allowing more teams to finish .500 or better.

That's fair.  I don't think SJU makes the tourney but they certainly have a better chance than DePaul does

[GoldenEagles03]

I think Georgetown would beat Dawson and his crew at Minnesota.  They look rough.

[Viper]

There's nothing wrong with believing that we should beat DePaul twice. I do. We're clearly the better team.

But we're all smart enough to know that the better team doesn't necessarily win each given game, and we also have memories of some agonizing losses to DePaul when we were by far the better team.

If one looks at the group of DePaul, St. John's, Georgetown, Butler and Seton Hall, it's not outrageous for a Marquette fan to say, "I think we'll win 8 of those 10 games." If that happens to include 2 expected wins vs. DePaul, it's easily supportable.

"But we're all smart enough to know that the better team doesn't necessarily win each given game"  I wish that argument worked against Badger-guy. Then again, Badger-guy and Smart-guy not exactly aligned.

[Herman Cain]

Great opportunity Sunday for MU to help The Big East cause

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Great opportunity today for MU to help The Big East cause

By preparing for the game tomorrow? 

[brewcity77]

I don't know that beating Loyola Chicago today will greatly help the league's cause, but I suppose it won't hurt.

[DFW HOYA]

Georgetown: Up 11 in the first half, lost by 19.

Final:
Georgetown 64
Syracuse 83