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Big East November '25 Thread

bendm said:
We’ll be a top 5 program for as long as Hurley is here even if it does turn into the A10 but Worried he’ll retire before we can get that golden ticket to a P4.
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I agree look at the Women’s team. It is basically the A10 but the women keep winning championships.
 
Refs taking over the SMU/Butler game. Not sure what SMU has to do to get called for a foul, but they have not done it in the second half despite very physical play. SMU will win by 15+ unless there is a 180 on officiating.

Edit: SMU player just took 4 steps on a layup. What coach wouldn’t lose their stuff there? Hurley would be inches from his second T if his team was getting jobbed like this. Matta is a bump on a log.
 
Oh God that fall from Payne after the dunk. I feel so bad for that kid, that looked horrible. You could hear him screaming on the broadcast.
 
Greedo said:
Oh God that fall from Payne after the dunk. I feel so bad for that kid, that looked horrible. You could hear him screaming on the broadcast.
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I saw it, but too. You could hear the screaming in agony on TV. My heart just sank when I saw that. Prayers to him for a speedy recovery.
A human leg should not bend in that direction.
 
JwittersPAC said:
All the Big East schools should play Maryland. It would improve Big East record against P4.
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Sorry I spoke to soon. Marquette is not very good. You have UConn, St John’s then a significant drop off to Georgetown then a jump off a cliff for the rest of the league.
 
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JwittersPAC said:
All the Big East schools should play Maryland. It would improve Big East record against P4.
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They don't seem to have much trouble with Marquette. Marquette needs to have a sit down with Shaka.
 
I think 4 bids for the BE is still realistic which would be fine actually. UConn and SJU are locks.

Creighton needs to beat Baylor and ISU.

Think the fourth goes to either Gtown or Nova. Idk about the MTEs but Gtown only has one big OOC left on the schedule against UNC. Not a tough OOC schedule so they’ll need to finish top 3-4 in the BE.

Nova has a close loss to BYU but opportunities for big wins over Michigan and Wisconsin so their path is clearer but they also can’t have any crippling loses to the BE bottom dwellers DePaul and Xavier etc.

I hope these 5 teams separate themselves and don’t get dragged down by the bottom half of the conference.
 
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bendm said:
I think 4 bids for the BE is the ceiling which would be fine actually. UConn and SJU are locks. Creighton needs to beat Baylor and ISU to get back on track. Think the fourth goes to either Gtown or Nova. Idk about the MTEs but Gtown only has one big OOC left on the schedule against UNC so they’ll need to finish top 3-4 in the BE. Nova has opportunities for big wins over Michigan and Wisconsin.
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Not seeing Creighton. Looked slow and nonathletic against Gonzaga.
 
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Why is Smart so anti-portal when the best player he's had during his Marquette tenure came from there? Different circumstances since he was a new hire and had to get some transfers but it doesn't make sense not try to bring in 1-2 transfer players to plug holes and enhance the roster with how much he's lost to the NBA the past few seasons.
 
aceboon said:
Why is Smart so anti-portal when the best player he's had during his Marquette tenure came from there? Different circumstances since he was a new hire and had to get some transfers but it doesn't make sense not try to bring in 1-2 transfer players to plug holes and enhance the roster with how much he's lost to the NBA the past few seasons.
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If I were Marquette booster I’d say my NIL deals only go to transfers lol
 
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bendm said:
Not many opportunities for upsets when UConn and SJU might be the only quad 1 wins in the conference. We’ll see how Creighton responds after the blowout to the zags.

Revenue sharing is supposed to help the BE teams in particular isn’t it (don’t have to share with football etc etc). Need that to get up and running
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Revenue sharing is only an advantage if you have the revenue to begin with
 
JwittersPAC said:
Not seeing Creighton. Looked slow and nonathletic against Gonzaga.
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Creighton will be better with time, new pieces at key positions and Gonzaga is the oldest team in the county, three NBA teams have a younger roster than them, and they rarely lose in the state of Washington. I’ll give Creighton a pass on this one. They will be much better by year end.
 
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MJ1 said:
Creighton will be better with time, new pieces at key positions and Gonzaga is the oldest team in the county, three NBA teams have a younger roster than them, and they rarely lose in the state of Washington. I’ll give Creighton a pass on this one. They will be much better by year end.
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Much better but still will be slow. They will be a bubble team to make NCAA tournament.
 
bendm said:
KJ Lewis took over for Gtown against Clemson with 17 in the second half. big win for the BE hopefully Clemson ends up being the 4th best team in the ACC.

Idk why cooley doesn’t start iwuchukwu over the giant stiff from the Middle East
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He's from New Zealand.
 
What is our OOC recored now? We only have 3 P4 wins this year? UConn against BYU and Georgetown vs. Virginia and Clemson? If so that is sad. We will have to carry the league.
 
aceboon said:
Good portal pickup for them

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100. Lindsey caught fire in the BYU game when BYU looked like they would pull away for the blowout. That game went down to the wire instead. UConn will have to treat him much like they did Brendan Hausen when he played for Nova or like Richie Saunders tonight.
 
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MJ1 said:
Creighton will be better with time, new pieces at key positions and Gonzaga is the oldest team in the county, three NBA teams have a younger roster than them, and they rarely lose in the state of Washington. I’ll give Creighton a pass on this one. They will be much better by year end.
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Their fans seem to think the coach in waiting will recruit better.
 
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