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Watching PC-Butler. If PC could guard anyone they could be very good. They have like 4-5 guys who can make things happen offensively and a potentially elite rim protector. But they just cant guard anyone.
 
If Creighton has any hope of making the tournament they must win this game against K-State. They have put their backs against the wall before conference play even started. The Oregon win won't be enough after all the losses. A home loss here would be bad.
 
Jimdish255 said:
If Creighton has any hope of making the tournament they must win this game against K-State. They have put their backs against the wall before conference play even started. The Oregon win won't be enough after all the losses. A home loss here would be bad.
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Creighton is getting their ass handed to them on a platter by Kansas State and the Omaha crowd is stunned in silence.
 
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gsmooth said:
Creighton is getting their ass handed to them on a platter by Kansas State and the Omaha crowd is stunned in silence.
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A team getting blown out twice in a row in games with small spreads, and not seeming to care, is a huge red flag for point shaving.
 
Butler and Providence can't guard each other until the final shot of the game when Butler misses a good look
 
aceboon said:
Butler and Providence can't guard each other until the final shot of the game when Butler misses a good look
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2OT tied 110-110. I would say Providence and Butler are similar teams which play lousy defense.
 
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Georgetown collapsing in epic fashion against St. Peter's.
 
Why would Edwards settle for a pull up contested 3 over Bizjack when he could have just blown by him off the dribble with ease
 
superjohn said:
Providence has a lot of talent, a good coach would easily put this team in the tournament. Unfortunately for them and for the Big East Kim English is a terrible coach.
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Sellers and Edwards are really good. Jones a freak athlete, Vaaks and Mela can play too. Oswin is a better Samson. But they make so many mistakes and errors. It’s all coaching.
 
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ELECTRIC ENDING AT HINKLE!!

Not great that it was so close, but good for Butler that they managed to pull it out. It feels like their best case scenario is the bubble, and a home loss to PC could have kept them on the wrong side of it in March

PC actually looks like they have some hoopers. Sellers and Edwards are straight up buckets, and Jamier Jones had a monster dunk in 2OT. Vaaks feels like he should be good but the decision making is very questionable. Regardless, I don't trust the coaching enough to think they'll be in the top half of BE teams or even be a top NIT team

Ajayi has the build that should do well against us - big, strong, and a bully. That'll be a tough matchup for AK and/or Stewart. I'm not a huge Finley Bizjack fan but he made some nice plays in both OTs after starting ice cold
 
If Butler can beat Northwestern they can give themselves a good shot to make the tourney. Better for the league that they win this one at home, Prov already blew their chances OOC.
 
Alternate reality Butler Boneyard threads:
"We should not be giving up 100+ pts to Providence"
"Is anyone else concerned about our ability to create separation in games we should be winning?"
"Missing FTs will be the root of our downfall...we dodged a bullet"
 
Felt like Butler couldn’t guard anything. They just got roasted off the dribble and even one screen would get PC an open shot. But PC was just mostly playing one on one ball - so will be interesting to see if our offense gets us open looks or if maybe Butler defends off the ball action better than they do isolation plays.
 
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Kalkbrenner was holding alot of things together because even when they lost Nembhard, Alexander, Scheierman over the years they were still able to plug those holes and still be pretty good
 
Gurleyman said:
Felt like Butler couldn’t guard anything. They just got roasted off the dribble and even one screen would get PC an open shot. But PC was just mostly playing one on one ball - so will be interesting to see if our offense gets us open looks or if maybe Butler defends off the ball action better than they do isolation plays.
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Boise St was able to get a ton of good looks off of off-ball action in the 2nd half of their game last week, Butler's defense lost that game for them, they couldn't get stops in that one either
 
nelsonmuntz said:
A team getting blown out twice in a row in games with small spreads, and not seeming to care, is a huge red flag for point shaving.
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They aren't shaving points. They just aren't very good.

Why do you view anyone's observation on a less than stellar Big East team as a direct attack on your character?
 
FfldCntyFan said:
They aren't shaving points. They just aren't very good.

Why do you view anyone's observation on a less than stellar Big East team as a direct attack on your character?
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Creighton's entire team has visibly not given a spit in two straight games. Multiple players on the team aren't even trying. Maybe it is bad chemistry, but there have been a lot of gambling issues in college basketball, and it is a fair question to ask of a team giving such lackadaisical effort.

I don't take criticisms of the Big East as an attack on my character, but I am definitely attacking the character of those posters that pollute this board every night with the same tired attacks I have been reading on the Boneyard since the first rumors of BC and Miami leaving emerged in 2002. Is 20+ years of the same chicken little nonsense enough? Or do you think another 10 years of beating the same dead horse will lead to a solution? We get that the conference situation is not ideal. This issue has been bludgeoned to death for literally decades. When is enough, enough?

If a poster has a plan to get us in a superconference with whatever schools someone thinks that conference would include, then please call the UConn President tonight and help bring us to this conference promised land. Otherwise, SHUT THE FUDGE UP ABOUT IT.
 
aceboon said:
Kalkbrenner was holding alot of things together because even when they lost Nembhard, Alexander, Scheierman over the years they were still able to plug those holes and still be pretty good
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It is concerning to watch Creighton. They don't seem to care, at all. They aren't even trying. The best move for McDermott is to cut some players loose. They aren't making the tournament, and whatever is causing that problem is best removed from the roster.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
Creighton's entire team has visibly not given a spit in two straight games. Multiple players on the team aren't even trying. Maybe it is bad chemistry, but there have been a lot of gambling issues in college basketball, and it is a fair question to ask of a team giving such lackadaisical effort.

I don't take criticisms of the Big East as an attack on my character, but I am definitely attacking the character of those posters that pollute this board every night with the same tired attacks I have been reading on the Boneyard since the first rumors of BC and Miami leaving emerged in 2002. Is 20+ years of the same chicken little nonsense enough? Or do you think another 10 years of beating the same dead horse will lead to a solution? We get that the conference situation is not ideal. This issue has been bludgeoned to death for literally decades. When is enough, enough?

If a poster has a plan to get us in a superconference with whatever schools someone thinks that conference would include, then please call the UConn President tonight and help bring us to this conference promised land. Otherwise, SHUT THE FUDGE UP ABOUT IT.
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You should see a professional for your anger issues. Geeze.
 
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