Big East December '25 Thread

[WestCoastHusky]

Watching Seton Hall vs KSU. Let's hope Seton Hall can pull this one out.

 

[HooperScooper]

How did Shaka Smart think this roster was going to be successful? Marquette would have trouble going 50% in the A10 with this roster.

He had everyone fooled.

BE Coaches: 5th

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CBS Sports college basketball analysts: 4th

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UConn will have to battle St. John's and Creighton to win the Big East this season.

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Warren Nolan: 5th

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[nelsonmuntz]

Something is up with Haggerty on KState. He is way too good to be playing like this.

Buca is a decent player, but the refs are letting him get away with a lot of steps and sliding his feet.

 

[superjohn]

Seton Hall is fun to watch this season, should be undefeated.

 

[aceboon]

Kansas St stinks but still a good sign for Seton Hall that they're up 16 on the road in the 2nd half vs a power conference team.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

This game is slipping away from Seton Hall.

 

[aceboon]

Another sign of Seton Hall actually being legit good, everytime a team makes a run to cut their dbl digit lead they always respond with a run to push it right back. Happened a bunch of times in Maui and now today too.

 

[superjohn]

This game is slipping away from Seton Hall.

Up 17

 

[ninety-nine]

This game is slipping away from Seton Hall.

? They're up 16 with four minutes left.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

? They're up 16 with four minutes left.

Seton Hall had given up 8 points of a 16 point lead in less than 2 minutes. Then Haggerty made a series of dumb plays and completely stopped playing defense.

Haggerty is either very sick or trying to lose because there is no other reason for him to be playing like that.

 

[Fishy]

We're definitely losing at Seton Hall this year.

 

[HooperScooper]

Up 17

Nelson must be a wreck watching UConn games. Remind me to never sit next to him. 😀

 

[superjohn]

Nelson must be a wreck watching UConn games. Remind me to never sit next to him. 😀

He doesn't seem to undertand there are mini runs in basketball. Seton Hall dominated the game.

 

[HooperScooper]

Not exactly a three point shooting masterpiece. Seton Hall 5-23 (22%) and Kansas State 6-30 (20%).

 

[HooperScooper]

We're definitely losing at Seton Hall this year.

Well look at it like this. If Seton Hall is actually good maybe UConn won't take them lightly this year.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

He doesn't seem to undertand there are mini runs in basketball. Seton Hall dominated the game.

Nelson must be a wreck watching UConn games. Remind me to never sit next to him. 😀

Do you guys read your own hot takes?

That was a very strange game. Seton Hall gets the W, which is good, but it was strange.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

We're definitely losing at Seton Hall this year.

Holloway is my top choice if Hurley leaves or retires. It is crazy what he does on his discount budget. Imagine him at a major program.

 

[BFieldHusky]

Holloway is my top choice if Hurley leaves or retires. It is crazy what he does on his discount budget. Imagine him at a major program.

Over Luke or Kimani?

 

[Fan1978]

Marquette is Chase Ross and nothing else

Imagine putting 100% of your season on the shoulders of.......Chase Ross

Seriously shaka should be fired. Dabo sweemey living in past. Self inflicted wound

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Seriously shaka should be fired. Dabo sweemey living in past. Self inflicted wound

Sweeney and the SEC won because they were willing to cheat at a level that other schools were not, and then when everyone could pay players, many of their advantages were gone.

Shaka blew it with a roster. Different situation.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Ejiofor can dominate a game like few others in college basketball. He is a perfect center for the modern game.

 

[MJKI]

This St. John’s roster construction is so terrible. No spacing, no one to run the offense and two black holes at the 4/5. They simultaneously can’t create offense but also can’t run a set

 

[KingAG]

Can’t tell if SJ’s defense has improved or if Ole Miss just sucks

 

[MJKI]

Can’t tell if SJ’s defense has improved or if Ole Miss just sucks

Ole Miss is so bad. Also a reminder to all that AJ Storr is officially in his 8th different school in 8 years

 

[MJKI]

Donny Marshall is so bad as an announcer. Always looking to validate bad calls by the ref

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Ole Miss is playing a 1990's style defense of packing the paint, and St. Johns can't make them pay.

 

[Leebo]

Just looking at the box score, but it looks like Ole Miss's starters have largely been benched?

 

[KingAG]

This game is ugly

 

[ninety-nine]

Come on, St. John's. At least win this one.

 

[superjohn]

I just turned the game on for the first time and the St. John's guy rifled a pass off the back of his teammates head, Ole Miss raced down the court and turned it over, St. John's raced back down the court and turned it over, and then Sellers tackled the Ole Miss guy.