2025-26 Big East Thread

[Uncle Rico]

With Marquette getting gapped, let's discuss how to fill that gap.

Early season action:

St. John's, leaders of the gap, up 20 on Quinnipiac at half

G'TownX closing the gap, up 8 at half against Morgan State.

UConn up early against New Haven

X down early to Marist

Hall playing St. Peter's

Later:

Nova travels to BYU
DePaul hosts bitter rival Chicago State

[Uncle Rico]

St. John's whips Q, 108-74

G'Town wins by 17 over Morgan State

UConn wins by 24 over New Haven

Providence up 17 on Holy Cross

X up 9 on Marist with 7 minutes left

Seton Hall up 19 on St. Peter's

DePaul up 25 at half on Chicago State

[Uncle Rico]

Things getting tight in Cincinnati.  X up 4 with 4 and a half left

[Uncle Rico]

Things getting tight in Cincinnati.  X up 4 with 4 and a half left

Marist has cut it to 1 and going to the line with 3:21 left

[Uncle Rico]

Providence was up 20 on Holy Cross but saw it dwindle to 6 with about a minute left.  They should hold on as they're up 8 with the ball and :23 left

X holds onto to get Junior a win over Marist in his debut.

[MuggsyB]

Nova/BYU on TNT.

Dybantsa with a good start.

[MuggsyB]

BYU is scary. 

[MuggsyB]

Give Nova credit for hanging around.  They're hitting triples and have controlled the pace.

[MuggsyB]

Lindsay has been really good for Nova. 

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

By my count, BE went 5-4 against the spread.  Not great for the conference computer numbers.

[BM1090]

By my count, BE went 5-4 against the spread.  Not great for the conference computer numbers.

I mean it's certainly not bad.

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

I mean it's certainly not bad.

Underperforming against cupcakes is how the BE loses tourney bids.

The conference as a whole finished at 16.5 points below the expected cumulative spread.

Already digging a whole on opening night is less than ideal.

[BM1090]

Underperforming against cupcakes is how the BE loses tourney bids.

The conference as a whole finished at 16.5 points below the expected cumulative spread.

Already digging a whole on opening night is less than ideal.

If we consistently go 5-4 against the spread throughout non conference our metrics will be better than predicted, assuming the "losses" aren't by a huge margin.

[avid1010]

If you can consistently do better than 5-4 against the spread...you should quit your day job.

[Scoop Snoop]

Underperforming against cupcakes is how the BE loses tourney bids.

Yep. As well as losing more competitive OOC games in which the BE team was favored. I'll never understand some scoopers laughing when our BE brethren lose a game. It's not rocket science-we want them to win all their OOC games by comfortable margins.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Yep. As well as losing more competitive OOC games in which the BE team was favored. I'll never understand some scoopers laughing when our BE brethren lose a game. It's not rocket science-we want them to win all their OOC games by comfortable margins.

You are of course right,  but its not hard to understand the other side. It's rivalry. A healthy amount of "we hate those guys" is good for the conference.

I choose to look at it as a win win. Either they improve the conference metrics or I get to laugh at them. Wins all around.

[Galway Eagle]

Yep. As well as losing more competitive OOC games in which the BE team was favored. I'll never understand some scoopers laughing when our BE brethren lose a game. It's not rocket science-we want them to win all their OOC games by comfortable margins.

When I was younger and didn't care for numbers it was an idea that if they're a fellow bubble team they might eventually mentally "break" and be less of an issue in conference. Doesnt make much sense and now of course would want every team undefeated and covering in non con

[Uncle Rico]

When I was younger and didn't care for numbers it was an idea that if they're a fellow bubble team they might eventually mentally "break" and be less of an issue in conference. Doesnt make much sense and now of course would want every team undefeated and covering in non con

They can all suck it