Big East Conference Game Thread - January

[Big East Fa]

Saturday Big East Slate 1/29/22

Georgetown @ Butler, 12pm, FS1 - Matt Schumacher, Dickey Simpkins
Line: Butler -5.5/140.5

21 Xavier @ Creighton, 2pm, FS1 - Vince Welch, Nick Bahe
Line: Xavier -1.5/137.5

St. John's @ 14 Villavova, 4:30pm, FOX - Aaron Goldsmith, Donny Marshall
Line: Villanova -13.5/139

20 Connecticut @ DePaul, 6:30pm, FS1 - Lisa Byington, Brian Butch
Line: Connecticut -8.5/142.5

 

[awfuldan]

Thinking about betting Butler -5.5. They are coming off of a complete beat down of Creighton and appeared to be much better than Georgetown in our recent games. Plus, they're at home.

Not sure I'd bet any of those other games. Would be stoked if UConn covered -8.5.

 

[UconnU]

Not sure I'd bet any of those other games. Would be stoked if UConn covered -8.5.

I’m on under 142.5 in our game. We don’t shoot as well on the road and DePaul struggles scoring at all. Seems high.

 

[jibsey]

There goes Xavier, maybe.

 

[elmcityboy]

There goes Xavier, maybe.

19-0 run to open the second half. incredible.

 

[mauconnfan]

Creighton up 36-19 at halftime.

12:50 left in the game it’s 38-36 Xavier. Yep you see it right 19-0 Xavier 2nd half. Wow

 

[awfuldan]

This Xavier run is insane. Creighton absolutely clueless defending the Scruggs/Nunge pick and pop.

 

[uconngb]

This Xavier run is insane. Creighton absolutely clueless defending the Scruggs/Nunge pick and pop.

Was 28-2 in the 2nd half at one point

 

[Hey Adrien!]

This Xavier run is insane. Creighton absolutely clueless defending the Scruggs/Nunge pick and pop.

Yeah, Creighton keeps switching up their D trying to figure it out.

Xavier on a 35-9 run.

Ryan Nembhard is so inconsistent game-to-game, but when he's on, he's special. Really curious to see his development through the years.

Freemantle needs to shave. He also finally looks healthy.

Good chippiness to this game.

 

[awfuldan]

Happy I bet Xavier -1.5 after losing on Butler -5.5. Will take a breakeven day.

Love to have so much good basketball to watch during this storm.

 

[shizzle787]

I'm starting to seriously doubt that the league is going to get 7 teams in. This was a huge loss and terrible week for Creighton. They played a bottom-tier Butler side and had a 17-point lead at home against Xavier. That is devastating. Their next two games are at us and Seton Hall. Very possibly two more losses. I honestly don't think Creighton is a tournament team anymore. It also doesn't help that they lost at home to a bad Arizona State team.

Seton Hall (12-7) is also in trouble in my opinion. They still have to play at us, Nova, Xavier, and Creighton and Xavier and Creighton at home. They are only going to play 29 games in the regular season. If they go 3-3 or better in that stretch and win their other 4 remaining games, I think they will be fine. However, I would not surprised if they go 1-5 against the top of the league.

I do think Providence, us, Nova, and Xavier are pretty much locks at this point. Marquette looks good BUT they have a big three-game stretch that could leave them with NINE losses with a lot of games still to play.

At this point, I think the most likely total is 6. That's disappointing right now but at the beginning of the season would have been heralded as a major success.

 

[awfuldan]

I'm starting to seriously doubt that the league is going to get 7 teams in. This was a huge loss and terrible week for Creighton. They played a bottom-tier Butler side and had a 17-point lead at home against Xavier. That is devastating. Their next two games are at us and Seton Hall. Very possibly two more losses. I honestly don't think Creighton is a tournament team anymore. It also doesn't help that they lost at home to a bad Arizona State team.

Seton Hall (12-7) is also in trouble in my opinion. They still have to play at us, Nova, Xavier, and Creighton and Xavier and Creighton at home. They are only going to play 29 games in the regular season. If they go 3-3 or better in that stretch and win their other 4 remaining games, I think they will be fine. However, I would not surprised if they go 1-5 against the top of the league.

I do think Providence, us, Nova, and Xavier are pretty much locks at this point. Marquette looks good BUT they have a big three-game stretch that could leave them with NINE losses with a lot of games still to play.

At this point, I think the most likely total is 6. That's disappointing right now but at the beginning of the season would have been heralded as a major success.

I think Marquette is a borderline lock as well. They have more losses than us, but they have so many high quality wins.

Also so many leagues are down this year. Soft bubble.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

Also so many leagues are down this year. Soft bubble.

That’s why I’d like more mid-majors to make the tourney.

WCC looks like a four-bid league. MWC could get three. MVC, OVC, C-USA, A-10 and SoCon could get two bids of their top teams earn at-large bids and another team wins the tourney.

 

[navery12]

Good Alabama/Baylor game on ESPN for anyone looking to kill time before 6:30

 

[Big East Fa]

Sunday
12:30 PM- 22 Marquette at 17 Providence
FS1: John Fanta, Vin Parise
Line: Providence -1.5/138.5

 

[AntG168]

Sunday
12:30 PM- 22 Marquette at 17 Providence
FS1: John Fanta, Vin Parise
Line: Providence -1.5/138.5

Should be a goodie

 

[CTBasketball]

PC -2.5 favorites over Marquette today.

 

[AntG168]

The environment in PC is amazing right now. Makes me even more upset we can't play there this year.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

The environment in PC is amazing right now. Makes me even more upset we can't play there this year.

I agree. Great crowd.

Minaya is a perfect fit for Providence. Versatile, thickly built forward who can do a little bit of everything. Such a Cooley guy. I’ve also been impressed how well Croswell has played lately.

 

[3rdbass]

Marquette up 6 over Providence at half-time. That win keeps looking better and better. Wait I forget they didn't have Darryl Morsell. So that win didn't count as a real win. LOL! Even though we didn't have a healthy Sanogo. Gotta love the BY.

 

[ecasadoSBU]

That arena is going to blow up. What an exciting crowd at Providence. Marquette is nasty. loving this 7 game streak they have.

Shaka is looking like a genius right now

 

[3rdbass]

Marquette up 9. Providence very careless with the ball leading to fast break points for Marquette. Marquette is looking impressive. The Dunk is very quiet now.

 

[AntG168]

If Marquette would play with any sense of control and patience. This wouldn’t be a 1 point game

 

[3rdbass]

Good game but Marquette now making some dumb turnovers.

 

[AntG168]

Exciting game. I love watching games like this when I’m not emotionally invested. Lmao