2025-26 Big East Thread

[MuggsyB]

We picked a terrible year to be the worst team in the league.

This conference tournament would be right there for us if we had a complete roster.

Keep in mind we had Creighton down 30 at the half. 

[GoldenEagles03]

Keep in mind we had Creighton down 30 at the half. 

Ya, but we also have no center.

We play Zuby or Reed and we are toast. If we had a complete roster. Totally up for grabs.

As it stands we'd likely have to beat Reed and Zuby on back to back nights which would be our 3rd and 4th consecutive games.

[MuggsyB]

Creighton's only Q1 win is over Nova by 4 in Omaha. 

[MuggsyB]

You know this last 1:04 will take 15-20 mins.  Pisses me off. 

[MuggsyB]

Ya, but we also have no center.

We play Zuby or Reed and we are toast. If we had a complete roster. Totally up for grabs.

As it stands we'd likely have to beat Reed and Zuby on back to back nights which would be our 3rd and 4th consecutive games.

I'd play hack a Reid with Caedin and Josh. 

[MuggsyB]

Stop Hurley.  Your team got outplayed. 

[MuggsyB]

DePaul wins in Newark.  This is why I mentioned earlier this season we need to cool our jets regarding the Hall being a tournament team. 

[Billy Hoyle]

Road teams were 4-0 in Big East games tonight

[brewcity77]

For reference, the team that Scoop loves to claim only had "half" of a good year last year because of our lack of success over high level competition in the second half of the year last year had 6 Q1 wins and had 7 wins against NCAA Tournament teams last year.

This is a good point. 5 of those Q1 wins & 6 of the tourney wins came by January 3, when we were 13-2. The only one after that was Xavier at MSG, which was barely Q1 and barely made the field.

We played 34 games and almost all the quality from the season was in the first 15, so it wasn't half a good season, it was 44% a good season. Thanks for pointing that out.

[GoldenEagles03]

What do we realistically think Pitino is gonna offer Nigel in April?

Probably like $3 million per year?

[MuggsyB]

What do we realistically think Pitino is gonna offer Nigel in April?

Probably like $3 million per year?

Nigel isn't going anywhere. 

[GoldenEagles03]

Nigel isn't going anywhere. 

That wasn't what I said.

I asked how much Rick is realistically gonna offer him. They are going to get a number to him one way or another. It's the nature of the sport. It's going to be a gigantic number.

[MuggsyB]

That wasn't what I said.

I asked how much Rick is realistically gonna offer him. They are going to get a number to him one way or another. It's the nature of the sport. It's going to be a gigantic number.

It could be around 3m. 

[wadesworld]

This is a good point. 5 of those Q1 wins & 6 of the tourney wins came by January 3, when we were 13-2. The only one after that was Xavier at MSG, which was barely Q1 and barely made the field.

We played 34 games and almost all the quality from the season was in the first 15, so it wasn't half a good season, it was 44% a good season. Thanks for pointing that out.

So what you're saying is that in the time after all of our quality wins happened we still had just one less Q1 win and equally as many wins over Tourney teams as Villanova has on the entire year this year?

Yeah, like I said, mid. Thanks for pointing that out.

[Shooter McGavin]

"It's true from a certain point of view". Obi-Wan Kenobi

[Billy Hoyle]

What do we realistically think Pitino is gonna offer Nigel in April?

Probably like $3 million per year?

Darling is getting $1 million so your $3 million isn't unrealistic

[The Sultan]

So what you're saying is that in the time after all of our quality wins happened we still had just one less Q1 win and equally as many wins over Tourney teams as Villanova has on the entire year this year?

Yeah, like I said, mid. Thanks for pointing that out.

No one, absolutely no one, is claiming that Villanova is better than last year's Marquette team. This was a comparison YOU started. It's a complete strawman.

EDIT: The only reason people are responding is because you keep downplaying the collapse of the last 56% (thanks brew) of the year. Yes, teams are judged on their entire season, but ignoring that is really odd.

[panda]

Wades any particular reason a team who was a top 10 team in December with a bunch of big wins was a 7 seed when the ncaa tournament came around?

[wadesworld]

No one, absolutely no one, is claiming that Villanova is better than last year's Marquette team. This was a comparison YOU started. It's a complete strawman.

EDIT: The only reason people are responding is because you keep downplaying the collapse of the last 56% (thanks brew) of the year. Yes, teams are judged on their entire season, but ignoring that is really odd.

Yes, I brought up the comparison because people are up in arms over me calling Villanova "mid."  Their best win is a neutral win over Wisconsin.  Their only other Q1 win is a road win against Seton Hall, who just got blitzed at home by DePaul and is not a good team and won't be in the NCAA Tournament.

So, for a point of reference you are correct, I brought up last year's Marquette team.  The one that posters love to cry about having only "half" of a good season.  If you'd like me to, I can find other teams that people don't think were great to compare them to.  Sorry this one hurts you.

Brew furthered my point for me.  I had never heard people refer to a sports team's record across a calendar year, spanning two separate seasons with two different rosters, or referring to a season's success by the half year until last year's Marquette team when there wasn't enough to cry about around here.  So in our "bad half season" last year, we STILL had just one fewer Q1 win and the same amount of wins against NCAA Tournament teams than Villanova has this ENTIRE season.

So yes, nobody said Villanova is better than last year's Marquette team.  And Scoopers here cry about last year's Marquette team.  So not sure what the issue with calling Villanova mid is.  Again, thanks for furthering my point.

[The Sultan]

Sorry this one hurts you.

Nothing "hurts" me. You're simply being ridiculous.

I had never heard people refer to a sports team's record across a calendar year, spanning two separate seasons with two different rosters, or referring to a season's success by the half year until last year's Marquette team when there wasn't enough to cry about around here. 

Well, you aren't paying attention then. You haven't heard of teams carrying bad momentum from one season to another? You haven't heard of teams having good halves or bad halves?

Cmon...

[wadesworld]

Nothing "hurts" me. You're simply being ridiculous.


Well, you aren't paying attention then. You haven't heard of teams carrying bad momentum from one season to another? You haven't heard of teams having good halves or bad halves?

Cmon...

I have now!