Big East OOC thread '25/'26

[shizzle787]

Looking through the following week, the league only scheduled two questionable opponents: Seton Hall is playing Fairfield at home (Fairfield almost beat Penn State last week and has a middle of the pack D1 basketball budget) and Xavier is playing Santa Clara at home (Santa Clara is a perennial 20-win program in the WCC).

Not really sure what Pitino was thinking here scheduling a potential top-100 team that can realistically be a Quad 3 loss.

Edit: he also scheduled a decent Old Dominion team who is also middle of Division 1 quality and Missouri State from C-USA. He needs to fire his scheduler.

 

[shizzle787]

Goals for the league OOC:

Get 5 teams in the field (stretch goal is none have to play in Dayton).

Win at least 52% of OOC games against P4.

No losses to teams outside of Gonzaga, P4, Dayton, or MW.

Xavier and Nova both need to beat Old Dominion and Xavier needs to beat Santa Clara and Missouri State.

 

[REB1094]

Le Moyne giving Xavier a game. 48-42 with 15 minutes to go

 

[BFieldHusky]

Xavier wins.

 

[shizzle787]

With Xavier win, the league is 12-1 (0-1).

 

[gsmooth]

Go Georgetown!! I will be interested in seeing Darius Adams, former commit to UConn, and UConn transfer Isaiah Abraham in this game.

 

[RuffRuff]

Adams vs Abraham right now and Gtown throttling early. Abraham very active, stripped Adams. 11-0

 

[Lafayette]

Been watching Georgetown play Maryland and both Isiah Abraham and Darius Adams started for their respectives.

 

[TRest]

Rock fight so far one three pointer made both teams combined.

 

[Drame]

Dude from Maryland had his shoe in his hand and threw it at the G town player driving to the hole. What the hell is that?

 

[DFW HOYA]

At the half, Georgetown 32-27. Teams a combined 2 for 21 from three:
Maryland 2-13
Georgetown: 0-8 (a miss at the buzzer was waived off)

 

[RuffRuff]

At the half, Georgetown 32-27. Teams a combined 2 for 21 from three:
Maryland 2-13
Georgetown: 0-8 (a miss at the buzzer was waived off)

Lewis almost has an eye taken out on a hand off at half court, by his own teammate.

 

[HW611]

Good to see Georgetown handling Maryland like this so far. They’ve been up for pretty much the whole game.

 

[BFieldHusky]

GTown wins by 10.

 

[AllHusky]

Nice win

 

[HCCForever]

Nice win

Ugly Georgetown win due to all the fouls,

Abraham looked good to me early on but I switched to UNC game and noticed he only finished with four points.

 

[UConNick]

DePaul doing DePaul things against Stonehill. Down now after leading 30-5(!!!!!) at the start. Would put a damper on what’s otherwise been a great Big East (and UConn) night.

 

[HW611]

Ugly Georgetown win due to all the fouls,

Abraham looked good to me early on but I switched to UNC game and noticed he only finished with four points.

He plays well but once he comes out the game he hardly goes back in. Don’t know what’s up with the rotation there.

 

[BFieldHusky]

DePaul hangs on.

 

[FightOnCT]

Saw that Adams had only 3 pts, 6 reb

 

[shizzle787]

4-0 last night.

Winners: UConn, Georgetown, DePaul, Seton Hall

16-1 (1-1)

 

[BGesus4]

Saw that Adams had only 3 pts, 6 reb

Watching the game I actually came away pretty bullish on Adams. He’s not ready to be a consistent contributor at this level (hence the pt issue for him at UConn), but you can see the incredible offensive skill hidden behind a ton of freshman mistakes and lack of strength. He looks to me like he’s got a real shot to be an NBA player after two or three years in college.

 

[RuffRuff]

Saw that Adams had only 3 pts, 6 reb

Yeah, he didn't look great. 247 reranking close to 40 was pretty accurate.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

Good to see Georgetown handling Maryland like this so far. They’ve been up for pretty much the whole game.

I'm totally here for the Georgetown Renaissance. My disdain for Cooley is far less than my disdain for Providence, the Big East is so much more fun when more teams are better, and overall, always fun when a former basketball powerhouse -- at a university that is a basketball school -- is playing well.

Focusing out more, in general, I tend to root for "basketball schools and basketball conferences."

Georgetown is tough. I really like Malik Mack as a crafty bucket-getter and he's surrounded by a big lineup that features guards no smaller than 6'4+ 200+.

For me, their X-factor is KJ Lewis. 6'4 210 power two-way guard whose poor shooting made him a bad fit as the 3-guard at Arizona. Now at Georgetown, he can overpower as their combo guard, defending the opponents' best guards, and having the size/motor/athleticism to overpower, draw fouls and attack inside on the offensive end.

 

[HW611]

I'm totally here for the Georgetown Renaissance. My disdain for Cooley is far less than my disdain for Providence, the Big East is so much more fun when more teams are better, and overall, always fun when a former basketball powerhouse -- at a university that is a basketball school -- is playing well.

Focusing out more, in general, I tend to root for "basketball schools and basketball conferences."

Georgetown is tough. I really like Malik Mack as a crafty bucket-getter and he's surrounded by a big lineup that features guards no smaller than 6'4+ 200+.

For me, their X-factor is KJ Lewis. 6'4 210 power two-way guard whose poor shooting made him a bad fit as the 3-guard at Arizona. Now at Georgetown, he can overpower as their combo guard, defending the opponents' best guards, and having the size/motor/athleticism to overpower, draw fouls and attack inside on the offensive end.

Yeah KJ is definitely a great fit there opening things up for Malik. He’s their best off the dribble player and it allows Malik to play off ball some to get open and pick his spots when he has them.

Cooley took a break from the HS freshman last year because his roster is so young (3 sophomore starters and 2 more who get pt off the bench).

But if he makes the tourney this year Georgetown can be a major recruiting threat next class.

They have a great two headed monster with Julius and Vince too at center.