2025-26 Big East Thread

[Jay Bee]

I was at a 4.0+ open play early this morning (pickleball, duh). Quetted up as usual.

Played w a young guy... "respect for representing our troubled conference".. he was a Creighton guy. They are going through it too, but I think they'll be OK. Was good to let out some of my whining to a non-MU person. We beat the p1ss out of the other team, which was probably made worse for them by us being way more focused on chatting about BEast bball than the pb game. #pray #BEupdate

[panda]

I was at a 4.0+ open play early this morning (pickleball, duh). Quetted up as usual.

Played w a young guy... "respect for representing our troubled conference".. he was a Creighton guy. They are going through it too, but I think they'll be OK. Was good to let out some of my whining to a non-MU person. We beat the p1ss out of the other team, which was probably made worse for them by us being way more focused on chatting about BEast bball than the pb game. #pray #BEupdate

Tyfys

[Billy Hoyle]

Xavier with a nice win over Cincy in the Crossrown Shootout. X's roster starting to come together.

Tre Carroll droped 30 on 14/23 shooting. Rivalry games...

[MuggsyB]

DePaul down 8 to Arkansas.   Excuse me, Arkansas Pine Bluff. 

[Johnny B]

St. John's eeks out a win at home to crappy ole miss team despite being 14 pt favorites. Wow have they looked mediocre so far. On paper I  thought they were a sure fire top ten team

[MuggsyB]

St. John's eeks out a win at home to crappy ole miss team despite being 14 pt favorites. Wow have they looked mediocre so far. On paper I  thought they were a sure fire top ten team

Ya....they're not. 

[Billy Hoyle]

DePaul survives. Does what UIC couldn't do and bests UAPB.

[MuggsyB]

Creighton managed to explode for 19 1st half points against Nebraska.

Gtown staying close at UNC.

[Billy Hoyle]

Creighton managed to explode for 19 1st half points against Nebraska.

Gtown staying close at UNC.

the Creighton board is sounding similar alarms as this one:

"Feels like it's going to be another total reset after this year. Dix and Graves Graduate. Would be shocked to see freeman stay the way Mac and the fans get on him. They need to move on from Ty, don't know what to think on Harper.

Going to have to build around the incoming freshman, Greer, Jackson, Green, and Traudt.


Hate that this is where my mind is at 9 games into the year. Gonna be a long year as a Jays fan."

"Not seeing a leader on this team, a bulldog like Zegarowski, or guys with any fire like Kalk, McDermott, Schiermann, Ballock. Just a bunch of scared, feckless boys."

"So far it seems like a lot of smoke blown up our asses this offseason. A page taken out of the husker football playbook."

"Its like watching a slow motion car crash. I knew we had no rebounding and no defense. But no offense is really unbelievable. Poor Mac, he may retire after this game."

[Johnny B]

G town blown out by UNC.
Creighton embarrassing blowout to Nebraska. Big east sucks

[MuggsyB]

G town blown out by UNC.
Creighton embarrassing blowout to Nebraska. Big east sucks

[MU82]

the Creighton board is sounding similar alarms as this one:

"Feels like it's going to be another total reset after this year. Dix and Graves Graduate. Would be shocked to see freeman stay the way Mac and the fans get on him. They need to move on from Ty, don't know what to think on Harper.

Going to have to build around the incoming freshman, Greer, Jackson, Green, and Traudt.


Hate that this is where my mind is at 9 games into the year. Gonna be a long year as a Jays fan."

"Not seeing a leader on this team, a bulldog like Zegarowski, or guys with any fire like Kalk, McDermott, Schiermann, Ballock. Just a bunch of scared, feckless boys."

"So far it seems like a lot of smoke blown up our asses this offseason. A page taken out of the husker football playbook."

"Its like watching a slow motion car crash. I knew we had no rebounding and no defense. But no offense is really unbelievable. Poor Mac, he may retire after this game."

Sucking even with all the portal guys McDermott added? That's impossible!

Seriously, Big East is down big-time this year, and pretty much every team not named UConn and St. John's has significant shortcomings. I like JB's bet that MU will win more than 5 games. There are plenty of BE teams that look no better than Oklahoma, Dayton and Maryland, teams we obviously could have beaten.

[DFW HOYA]

G town blown out by UNC.
Creighton embarrassing blowout to Nebraska. Big east sucks

Georgetown was down by five on the road at halftime, but you just can't shoot 1 for 14 from three in the second half and expect to contend. Missing 16 of its final 18 shots of the game (most of which were not threes) didn't help, either.

[nyg]

Georgetown was down by five on the road at halftime, but you just can't shoot 1 for 14 from three in the second half and expect to contend. Missing 16 of its final 18 shots of the game (most of which were not threes) didn't help, either.

Damn, that's certainly sounds familiar...

[rocky_warrior]

There are plenty of BE teams that look no better than Oklahoma, Dayton and Maryland, teams we obviously could have beaten.

... But didn't...

[MU82]

... But didn't...

True dat. The point is that the Big East is not filled with unbeatable juggernauts. We'll be in lots of games against lots of bad teams, and hopefully we'll finish a few of them better than we finished the games against those three teams.

[rocky_warrior]

True dat. The point is that the Big East is not filled with unbeatable juggernauts. We'll be in lots of games against lots of bad teams, and hopefully we'll finish a few of them better than we finished the games against those three teams.

Everyone except for DePaul & Georgetown is in a different league than Marquette.

Edit: Wisconsin never trailed in the game, securing their largest margin of victory in the rivalry since 1952.

[GoldenEagles03]

Everyone except for DePaul & Georgetown is in a different league than Marquette.

Creighton stinks, Xavier stinks, Providence stinks.

Doesn't make our situation any better but there is a lot of suck in the Big East.

[rocky_warrior]

Creighton stinks, Xavier stinks, Providence stinks.

PC & X are showing improvement.  I think Creighton will too.  But CU is the closest to sinking to our DePaul/Georgetown level.

[MuggsyB]

Everyone except for DePaul & Georgetown is in a different league than Marquette.

We're bad Rocky.  Really bad.  But I agree with MU82.  I'm thinking 6-14.  Providence isn't good at all.  Creighton looked abysmal today.  Butler and X?  Beatable.

[rocky_warrior]

Beatable.

In that I agree.  In the same vein that Valpo was beatable

[MuggsyB]

In that I agree.  In the same vein that Valpo was beatable

What are you predicting.  4-16?  3-17?

[rocky_warrior]

What are you predicting.  4-16?  3-17?

I'm hoping for 2 big east wins

[MuggsyB]

I'm hoping for 2 big east wins

Yikes.  Obviously this is quite depressing.   

[rocky_warrior]

Yikes.  Obviously this is quite depressing.   

I hope the team gets better and I'm underestimating them.  But they haven't shown it thus far. 

Alas, I'm a hopeless fan that will watch every game regardless.