Big East Conference Games Thread - Jan '25

[aceboon]

Butler up 7 at home vs Marquette at the half, Telfort giving them a workout

 

[DFW HOYA]

Just 4,386 at the Georgetown game, 21 percent capacity. This is what happens when you burn out a fan base.

 

[KingAG]

SJU shows up every game. They’ve lost 3 games by a total of 5 points. Creighton by 1, Baylor by 1 and Georgia by 3. No losses since 12/31. You’d have to jump through hoops to discredit them.

Final 4 is a stretch imo. We’ll see I guess

 

[nelsonmuntz]

How did Georgetown ever beat Creighton and Xavier? They just suck. The Top 5 of the Big East are 27-3 against the bottom 6.

The order of the schedule often dictates a team's midseason record. Xavier is 2-4 against St. Johns, Marquette and UConn, but is also done with those 3 opponents. After tomorrow's game against Creighton, Xavier may be favored in every game the rest of the way.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

I had Xavier/Creighton on my laptop while watching the UConn game. There is just a bad vibe with Xavier, like it feels the players don't like each other. I have felt the guards take bad shots and just play kind of selfish a lot. There was a play with about 9 minutes left while Conwell tried a low percentage post up spin against Kalkbrenner and missed, flopping to the ground pretending to be hurt. Creighton goes into the break. Ashworth attempts a 3 with Conwell way behind the play, misses, and Traudt gets the rebound and puts it back because Conwell never got back on D after getting embarrassed attempting a stupid move.

I feel like there are a few of these possessions every game with Xavier. That may explain why a team as talented as Xavier looks like it will be the favorite to win the Crown tournament rather than playing in the NCAA Tournament.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Matta is not working out at Butler. I don’t feel like the talent is that bad at Butler for this record, and there are a lot of close losses.