Go Butler

[Scoop Snoop]

Kind of like when Butler had given the Big East the blueprint on how to slow Marquette down when they played a close game at Fiserv.  Wait, never mind.  We ran them out of the gym next time we played them.

I think going from down 10 with 23 seconds to play to having a free throw to send the game into OT is pretty dang fluky.  We'll be fine.

I think so too. Way too much worry here over SJ. And yes, we will be fine.

[Vander Blue Man Group]

You did a lot of thinking in your post- six times!    Agree that they will try to repeat what they did Saturday for 40 minutes, but really doubt that they will shoot 50% on 3s and 89% at the line. And that miracle 3 pointer? Not gonna happen again. Also agree not afraid of SJ.

Putting their BE season in perspective, their one big W was @ UCONN. Four of their seven Ws were vs.3-17 DP and 2-18 GT.

*3 miracle 3-pointers.   

[Coleman]

Again, SJU only played 4 games at MSG - and went 2-2. It's barely a home court.

Does it still count as an away game for us for NET?

[Scoop Snoop]

*3 miracle 3-pointers.   

You're right! Thanks for the edit.

[wisblue]

Everyone seems to be forgetting that it will be harder for MU to beat SJU for a third time, and the second time was hard enough, even without the fluky last 20 seconds

[wisblue]

*3 miracle 3-pointers.   

The bizarre thing about those miracle 3 point shots is that the 60 footer was probably the least unlikely of the 3 of them.

[MU82]

Way too much worry here over SJ.

Yessir.

[mugrad_89]

Yessir.

That’s good - I was starting to think this was a trap game.  👀

[rgoode57]

Truth is that any of half a dozen teams can win the BE tournament. This year, UConn, X, Creighton, and Prov have all lost to lower level teams. And, MU has lost to UConn, Prov, and X.  It is a crazy league this year without one truly dominant team.  Sure, I would love to see MU win the tournament, but, if they don't, I am not going to lose any sleep over it.  I would much rather see them win a few games in the NCAA.

[Scoop Snoop]

Truth is that any of half a dozen teams can win the BE tournament. This year, UConn, X, Creighton, and Prov have all lost to lower level teams. And, MU has lost to UConn, Prov, and X.  It is a crazy league this year without one truly dominant team.  Sure, I would love to see MU win the tournament, but, if they don't, I am not going to lose any sleep over it.  I would much rather see them win a few games in the NCAA.

Thanks for posting this. It sums up where I am, but I could not come up with the right words.

[wisblue]

Uconn and Creighton (barely) are ranked ahead of us in kenpom.  So those two are dogs/tossups.  All other teams we will likely be favored.

It’s not about paying attention….

I would add Xavier, Providence, and Villanova to that list. When I see teams play twice and most of the games go down to the final minute or two, I'm likely to consider the third game between the teams something of a tossup.

In my book, if a team is favored by a couple of points, that is essentially a tossup.