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We know both that:
A) we’ve been playing poorly of late and these margins are way closer than they should be and
B) the other teams have nothing else to play for aside from UConn…notice how they often bottleneck immediately after playing us, PC had come in with a win over St. John’s beforehand.
 
Malik Mack shot 1/14 last night, he was considered a big portal win a couple of years ago after his freshman season at Harvard but he's been very mid
 
aceboon said:
Malik Mack shot 1/14 last night, he was considered a big portal win a couple of years ago after his freshman season at Harvard but he's been very mid
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Yeah he has - can look good, but also look really bad. Inconsistent.
 
aceboon said:
Malik Mack shot 1/14 last night, he was considered a big portal win a couple of years ago after his freshman season at Harvard but he's been very mid
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I don't like Malik Mack's game at all. I think he is very inefficient and inconsistent player offensively and he is not good on defense. He struggles to score near the basket due to being short and slight and a lot of times he has to rush his perimeter shots to make sure they don't get blocked.

He is 6th in the Big East in assists, but I don't think he does a great job in facilitating offense for Georgetown, although that might be more of Cooley's fault.
 
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BFieldHusky said:
Lunardi (1/23)

UConn (1)
St. Johns (5)
Villanova (6)
Seton Hall (10) (last 4 byes)

Creighton (next 4 out)
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lunardi firing shots at the BE out of nowhere:

"It's hard not to notice the declining number of at-large bids outside the power conferences. At the same time, the majority of those bids are coming from schools that, next season, will comprise the new Pac-12. Led by Gonzaga and San Diego State, the new Pac-12 will immediately chase, and perhaps surpass, the Big East in both total bids and percentage of teams making the NCAA tournament. Interestingly, both groups have each collected 22 bids since 2020. UConn has its two national titles, but the Zags and SDSU have both played in the title game, and the new Pac-12 will have achieved its total with two fewer schools. It's worth monitoring, especially if the Pac-12 eventually adds Saint Mary's -- by far the best "free agent" basketball school. The Big East would be hard pressed to compete when it comes to tourney bids (the Gaels have had four straight, with seeds of 5, 5, 5, 7) or revenue units."
 
bendm said:
lunardi firing shots at the BE out of nowhere:

"It's hard not to notice the declining number of at-large bids outside the power conferences. At the same time, the majority of those bids are coming from schools that, next season, will comprise the new Pac-12. Led by Gonzaga and San Diego State, the new Pac-12 will immediately chase, and perhaps surpass, the Big East in both total bids and percentage of teams making the NCAA tournament. Interestingly, both groups have each collected 22 bids since 2020. UConn has its two national titles, but the Zags and SDSU have both played in the title game, and the new Pac-12 will have achieved its total with two fewer schools. It's worth monitoring, especially if the Pac-12 eventually adds Saint Mary's -- by far the best "free agent" basketball school. The Big East would be hard pressed to compete when it comes to tourney bids (the Gaels have had four straight, with seeds of 5, 5, 5, 7) or revenue units."
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Truth hurts, even from a cellar-dwelling doofus like Lunardi
 
bendm said:
lunardi firing shots at the BE out of nowhere:

"It's hard not to notice the declining number of at-large bids outside the power conferences. At the same time, the majority of those bids are coming from schools that, next season, will comprise the new Pac-12. Led by Gonzaga and San Diego State, the new Pac-12 will immediately chase, and perhaps surpass, the Big East in both total bids and percentage of teams making the NCAA tournament. Interestingly, both groups have each collected 22 bids since 2020. UConn has its two national titles, but the Zags and SDSU have both played in the title game, and the new Pac-12 will have achieved its total with two fewer schools. It's worth monitoring, especially if the Pac-12 eventually adds Saint Mary's -- by far the best "free agent" basketball school. The Big East would be hard pressed to compete when it comes to tourney bids (the Gaels have had four straight, with seeds of 5, 5, 5, 7) or revenue units."
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Cool story bro.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
Cool story bro.
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Notice the use of quotations. That means it’s not my story, bro.

has your crusade to reply to anyone that criticizes or diminishes the BE in any way, shape, or form, expanded to include third party content being shared? Even if it’s currently on the front page of espn…
 
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bendm said:
Notice the use of quotations. That means it’s not my story, bro.

has your crusade to reply to anyone that criticizes or diminishes the BE in any way, shape, or form, expanded to include third party content being shared? Even if it’s currently on the front page of espn…
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You dragged over a story that the MWC or PAC 12 or whatever is better than the Big East. It is not my fault you did that.
 
bendm said:
Notice the use of quotations. That means it’s not my story, bro.
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Nelson refuses to acknowledge this. He does it to me also when I quote someone or an article. It's not a poster's opinion when they quote an article.
 
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Butler is wasting a lot of possessions tonight. They got to be careful.

Marquette is doing a good job pressuring the ball and keeping the middle closed. Butler is doing way too much dribble penetration into the teeth of the defense rather than reverse the ball and attacking from the wings with the pass or catch and shoot. Butler keeps driving from the top, getting pushed further and further out, then getting pinned on the baseline.

There is no one on Marquette that should have a bright green light. They just aren't talented enough.
 
Big win for Butler. Bizjack with a big game. Too much Ross at end of the game and not enough James for Marquette at the end of the game when it was close. James needs to be taking the big shots and not Ross.
 
3rdbass said:
Big win for Butler. Bizjack with a big game. Too much Ross at end of the game and not enough James for Marquette at the end of the game when it was close. James needs to be taking the big shots and not Ross.
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Butler does have a win against UVa, but not sure they're gonna be registering as a tourney team.
 
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RuffRuff said:
You think a 12-7 BE team that is 48th in the NET is getting in? 4-5 in the BE.
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Are you trying to get this thread locked? I made a big thread for you on the CR board to bash away at the Big East. Go nuts there.

How about you let the rest of us talk basketball without derailing every discussion into a Big East Bashfest?
 
RuffRuff said:
Got to love that

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Just like when it was posted earlier in another thread.....

HooperScooper

Thread 'Braylon Mullins is emerging as UConn’s next breakout star'

Very good article from Mike Anthony. Definitely worth a read. Not AI generated. 😀 Figured it deserved its own thread.

“When I got on campus — I think I came in the beginning of August — they just treated you so well, and they were like, ‘We’re going to put you to work, and you’re going to get better,’” Mullins said. “No other school was telling me that. [Others] were like, ‘You’re going to have fun and enjoy it,’ this kind of thing. This, it was, ‘You’re going to go to work. I’m going to push you to be the best player and person you’re going to be.’ You can’t say no to that. That’s how I...
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formerlurker said:
Just like when it was posted earlier in another thread.....

HooperScooper

Thread 'Braylon Mullins is emerging as UConn’s next breakout star'

Very good article from Mike Anthony. Definitely worth a read. Not AI generated. 😀 Figured it deserved its own thread.

“When I got on campus — I think I came in the beginning of August — they just treated you so well, and they were like, ‘We’re going to put you to work, and you’re going to get better,’” Mullins said. “No other school was telling me that. [Others] were like, ‘You’re going to have fun and enjoy it,’ this kind of thing. This, it was, ‘You’re going to go to work. I’m going to push you to be the best player and person you’re going to be.’ You can’t say no to that. That’s how I...
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So good it’s worth posting twice.
 
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Marquette’s season is over. Chase Ross is good but not that good. Hand the keys to Nigel James and let Ross be the secondary guy. Build some momentum for next season!
 
bendm said:
The BE is getting 11 bids and 5 teams into the final 4. Am I doing it right?
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By “doing it right”, do you mean making a whiny post that is transparently trolling the board in the stupidest way possible? I guess. You are certainly staying on brand.
 
REB1094 said:
Marquette’s season is over. Chase Ross is good but not that good. Hand the keys to Nigel James and let Ross be the secondary guy. Build some momentum for next season!
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Marquette doesn’t have much talent, but they continue to play hard. I wonder how the effort will be different for players on bad teams today than in the old days. I think that on average, players on a bad team like Marquette will finish stronger than they would have in the past, because they are getting paid, but it will take a few years to see a trend.
 
REB1094 said:
Marquette’s season is over. Chase Ross is good but not that good. Hand the keys to Nigel James and let Ross be the secondary guy. Build some momentum for next season!
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Marquette's season has been over for a while now, or hell before it even began. Going back to February 2025 it was easy to see this 2026 season was going to be awful knowing they were losing Kam Jones, David Joplin, and Stevie Mitchell. Add onto that fact that Shaka does not utilize the transfer portal and that they only had 1 player in the top 100 of high school recruits.

I think everyone including myself thought Chase Ross was going to be their best player this year, but like you said I think it's obvious it's Nigel James.
 
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