Big East 2024 Offseason

[Herman Cain]

  Butler seems to get blown out a lot despite their winning record

[Uncle Rico]

  Butler seems to get blown out a lot despite their winning record

It’s good for the Big East

[StillWarriors]

Not looking ahead past UConn, but biggest X-factor for the Xavier game will be Freemantle. Hit massive 3s at the end of the game. I kinda hope Oso guards Freemantle and Omax on Nunge since Nunge steps out and shoots so well.

Makes sense. Freemantle has cut way back on his 3s this year, but can still get hot as he showed yesterday. Nunge is a consistent weapon inside and from 3.

I'd love to know the story behind the story on Freemantle last year. Something had to be going on. He is a completely different player. He is back to playing this year like he was supposed to last year when I believe he was pre-season player of the year, or at least first-team All Big East. Now that X has a coach to go along with the talent level, they are formidable. What a different when they aren't taking f'd up shots (Miller's term). MU v. X will be fun to watch. Two talented, disciplined and very good passing teams.

[statnik]

Makes sense. Freemantle has cut way back on his 3s this year, but can still get hot as he showed yesterday. Nunge is a consistent weapon inside and from 3.

I'd love to know the story behind the story on Freemantle last year. Something had to be going on. He is a completely different player. He is back to playing this year like he was supposed to last year when I believe he was pre-season player of the year, or at least first-team All Big East. Now that X has a coach to go along with the talent level, they are formidable. What a different when they aren't taking f'd up shots (Miller's term). MU v. X will be fun to watch. Two talented, disciplined and very good passing teams.

Two of the best offenses in college basketball, one pressures a lot on defense, the other more of a containment but still moderately effective defense.

[Herman Cain]

 Big East with two of the top 10 transfers per this article . Hopkins and Boum

https://247sports.com/LongFormArticle/College-basketball-power-rankings-Bryce-Hopkins-soars-in-10-best-transfers-after-Providence-blitzes-UConn-202197980/Amp/

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Makes sense. Freemantle has cut way back on his 3s this year, but can still get hot as he showed yesterday. Nunge is a consistent weapon inside and from 3.

I'd love to know the story behind the story on Freemantle last year. Something had to be going on. He is a completely different player. He is back to playing this year like he was supposed to last year when I believe he was pre-season player of the year, or at least first-team All Big East. Now that X has a coach to go along with the talent level, they are formidable. What a different when they aren't taking f'd up shots (Miller's term). MU v. X will be fun to watch. Two talented, disciplined and very good passing teams.

Because my daughter is a student I've watched a lot of Xavier games the last few seasons.  I believe Freemantle came back after an injury and missed games early and never seemed to be able to get in a groove after returning last season.

[Herman Cain]

https://www.ctpost.com/sports/uconn-mens-basketball/article/UConn-men-s-basketball-s-Adama-Sanogo-Wooden-Award-17695236.php

[Uncle Rico]

St. John’s up 7 late in the first half against Butler.  Would be a terrible loss for the Bulldogs

[Herman Cain]

Johnnies with a excellent win over The Bill Dogs. Soriano putting up a lot of production .

[Uncle Rico]

Johnnies with a excellent win over The Bill Dogs. Soriano putting up a lot of production .

Terrible loss for Butler.  You can’t lose to a team like St. John’s and expect to make the tournament

[tower912]

Georgetown and SHU doing the point-a-minute offense.

[Uncle Rico]

Georgetown and SHU doing the point-a-minute offense.

Seton Hall is worse than St. John’s

[Newsdreams]

Terrible loss for Butler.  You can’t lose to a team like St. John’s and expect to make the tournament

But good for the BE

[Herman Cain]

Nova in a dog fight against Blue Demons

[MuggsyB]

Nova in a dog fight against Blue Demons

Jeesh. They better wake up.

[Oldgym]

Jeesh. They better wake up.

60 ticks to do so. Down 8.

[warriorchick]

60 ticks to do so. Down 8.

Will their 14 fans be storming the court?

[The Thing]

Is Villanova done? I keep hearing they are going to get their act together but I think they may be out of time.

[Oldgym]

Nova's next three are @Butler, Georgetown, and @St John's.  Not great for their numbers, but a talented team needing to get its sh*t should be able to do it against that Murderer's Row.

They have time.

[CountryRoads]

Is Villanova done? I keep hearing they are going to get their act together but I think they may be out of time.

If they aren’t finished, then they are on life support. We’ve lost to DePaul enough times to know that’s it’s very difficult to make that one up as far the metrics go.

I predicted Nova to go 7-0 in January and even that would have only just put them in the conversation. Too steep a hill to climb, imo. I guess that’s what you get when you get lazy with your coaching search.

[LAZER]

Nova's next three are @Butler, Georgetown, and @St John's.  Not great for their numbers, but a talented team needing to get its sh*t should be able to do it against that Murderer's Row.

They have time.

They just lost at DePaul, so it’s hard to feel confident heading to Butler and St John’s. They have time, but they probably need to win 10/14 to have any type of tournament hopes.

[Herman Cain]

Nova made a mistake with their coaching hire

[Ellenson Guerrero]

Nova made a mistakes with their coaching hire

It is odd that Jay seems to have surprised the administration with his retirement. I would have thought he’d spend a little more time succession planning to avoid this type of drop off.

[brewcity77]

Nova made a mistakes with their coaching hire

I'm not ready to go there yet. That system takes time and they don't have three proven point guard that was there for a decade before. He didn't try to do what Jerome Tang or Dennis Gates are doing. I want to see what he does recruitment and development wise, particularity at the 1, before writing him off.

[We R Final Four]

Wouldn’t be surprised to see Whitmore look elsewhere in this day and age.