Big East 2024 Offseason

[Herman Cain]

Quality win for Butler. They may be better than expected.

[MuggsyB]

Nova may be better than Creighton…

And - looks like - will be tough for MU and UCONN

They also lost to Penn who isn't exactly a juggernaut. 

[PointWarrior]

Board used to be adamant they are a sleeping giant.

DePaul has (finally) begun a capital campaign in order to raise funds for a practice facility on campus.  25 years too late, but at least they are beginning the process to become barely relevant.

[MU82]

They also lost to Penn who isn't exactly a juggernaut.

The Big 5 isn't chopped liver. Also, that was earlier. Teams learn, improve. I mean, one of Buzz's teams lost to UW-Green Bay.

What we know about Nova is they have some good, experienced players who were on their last Final Four team, as well as some role players who transferred in.

[MuggsyB]

The Big 5 isn't chopped liver. Also, that was earlier. Teams learn, improve. I mean, one of Buzz's teams lost to UW-Green Bay.

What we know about Nova is they have some good, experienced players who were on their last Final Four team, as well as some role players who transferred in.

The Quakers followed up their win over Nova with a loss to Maryland Eastern Shore and then a 2pt win today over Lafayette. Nova is a good team but that was an abysmal loss to Penn.  And the Big 5(6) actually isn’t particularly good.  Nova is probably the only tourney team. 

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Xaviers Dayvion McKnight lost his brother unexpectedly. Thoughts and prayers for another Big East player

[mug644]

It's too bad that they can't rewrite the Big East TV deal so that the revenue distribution that is at least partially based on performance.

Maybe DePaul would try a little harder if otherwise, they couldn't afford to be in the Big East.

Serious question: does any conference’s TV package include revenue distribution based on performance? Might that just ultimately lead to greater disparities between the top and the bottom? Do teams that play on national broadcasts or higher revenue time slots already make more money (and so do better performing teams already get more of the revenue from the network?)?

[Galway Eagle]

Serious question: does any conference’s TV package include revenue distribution based on performance? Might that just ultimately lead to greater disparities between the top and the bottom? Do teams that play on national broadcasts or higher revenue time slots already make more money (and so do better performing teams already get more of the revenue from the network?)?

The Zags have some special deal with the WCC idk if it's performance based or just based on the expectation they're worlds better than everyone except St Mary's who they're only miles better than.

[Herman Cain]

https://nypost.com/2023/11/24/sports/keys-for-st-johns-ahead-of-big-east-conference-play/amp/

[MuggsyB]

Jackson St. is up 3 on Georgetown with 11 mins left.  Yikes. 

[wadesworld]

Jackson St. is up 3 on Georgetown with 11 mins left.  Yikes.

Also won at Mizzou a couple weeks ago.

[MU82]

The Quakers followed up their win over Nova with a loss to Maryland Eastern Shore and then a 2pt win today over Lafayette. Nova is a good team but that was an abysmal loss to Penn.  And the Big 5(6) actually isn’t particularly good.  Nova is probably the only tourney team.

Cool. They’re rivalry games. Losses happen.

Saying Nova is no good because of one bad loss is like saying Nova is great because of a couple nice wins.

Good teams lose to inferior teams sometimes.

We don’t know yet how good Nova is or isn’t this season, but they looked pretty tough to me against UNC.

[MuggsyB]

Also won at Mizzou a couple weeks ago.

And that's their only win. 

[MuggsyB]

Cool. They’re rivalry games. Losses happen.

Saying Nova is no good because of one bad loss is like saying Nova is great because of a couple nice wins.

Good teams lose to inferior teams sometimes.

We don’t know yet how good Nova is or isn’t this season, but they looked pretty tough to me against UNC.

No one said Nova isn't good.  That's a bad loss for sure. 

[Uncle Rico]

No one said Nova isn't good.  That's a bad loss for sure.

At least they’re not afraid to play other local teams

[MU82]

No one said Nova isn't good.  That's a bad loss for sure.

Yep. Bad loss. Similar to the dozens of other bad losses that happen every season, even to many teams that go on to win a lot of games, even to many that go on to win NCAA titles.

[Herman Cain]

Mr. Cooley happy with any win he can get .Hoyas 5-2

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/jayden-epps-34-points-leads-georgetown-past-tough-jackson-state/

Hoyas have a number of winnable games left . Could emerge from  non conference with a decent record

[Herman Cain]

X may not have the beat roster this year after the two key injuries. However , they are well coached and could surprise some folks in conference play

https://www.bannersontheparkway.com/platform/amp/2023/11/24/23974793/xavier-dismantles-bryant-to-keep-positive-momentum

[wadesworld]

Mr. Cooley happy with any win he can get .Hoyas 5-2

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/jayden-epps-34-points-leads-georgetown-past-tough-jackson-state/

Hoyas have a number of winnable games left . Could emerge from  non conference with a decent record

Hopefully they can do better than the predicted .500 record of MU.

[Herman Cain]

Wow DePaul down 22 early 2nd half versus Northern Illinois

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

Does Stubblefield survive the weekend?

[mugrad_89]

Does DePaul win a game in the Big East this year?

[CountryRoads]

Blown out by a bunny. Wow. Looking like a Q4 road game.

[Scoop Snoop]

Yep. Bad loss. Similar to the dozens of other bad losses that happen every season, even to many teams that go on to win a lot of games, even to many that go on to win NCAA titles.

Or do not make it to the title game because they lost to Fairleigh Dickinson, St. Peters or UMBC in the Big Dance.

[DFW HOYA]

This is not ending well for Tony Stubblefield.