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Big East OOC thread '25/'26

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REB1094 said:
Not at all so far. Got run out of the gym against Indiana. Lost to Maryland and Dayton. They've won their buy games but haven't looked good against real competition
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They stink - Marquette fans are already out on this team, asking Shaka to play freshmen to get them ready for next year. I knew they were descending given output of talent with nothing incoming, but didn't think they'd be this bad this fast. With Ross leaving, let's not see if Shaka tries the portal. If he doesn't, it will be a true showcase of stubborness, HW611 style.
 
RuffRuff said:
They stink - Marquette fans are already out on this team, asking Shaka to play freshmen to get them ready for next year. I knew they were descending given output of talent with nothing incoming, but didn't think they'd be this bad this fast. With Ross leaving, let's not see if Shaka tries the portal. If he doesn't, it will be a true showcase of stubborness, HW611 style.
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Yeah Big East looks very shaky outside UConn, and St John. Next possible tournament team is probably Georgetown. After that it is down into an abyss.
 
JwittersPAC said:
Yeah Big East looks very shaky outside UConn, and St John. Next possible tournament team is probably Georgetown. After that it is down into an abyss.
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I guess Nova has played pretty decent. It's a patchwork roster, so not sure how it fares long term. We're looking at 4 bids max if all falls right.
 
MJKI said:
It hurts me so much but I’m rooting hard for PC to win this one today
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This PC team is maybe the most selfish, undisciplined team I’ve seen this year. KE is a terrible coach
 
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3-0 today.

Winners: Providence, Georgetown, Marquette

42-15 (5-11).
 
I’m a little surprised that even after 4 years in college CFjr isn’t a full time starter. Corey was very young when he enrolled at UConn but I thought he’d develop into an impactful player
 
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RuffRuff said:
I guess Nova has played pretty decent. It's a patchwork roster, so not sure how it fares long term. We're looking at 4 bids max if all falls right.
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If all falls right, Creighton does enough, Villanova surprises some people, and GTown continues to win. We get 5 in.
 
BFieldHusky said:
If all falls right, Creighton does enough, Villanova surprises some people, and GTown continues to win. We get 5 in.
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McDermott had other slow starts and then worked his magic but I just have so much trouble seeing it this season. It was going to be really tough to begin with but losing Jackson McAndrew for the season is just a killer for them.
 
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superjohn said:
Providence actually has very good talent. If they had a better coach they're easily a tournament team.
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I agree. Providence should have coasted to a 6-0 record at this point, with every win by 20+ and the second half just garbage time. English has really blown this season, and even if he turns it around, he is still dragging around two losses that are not going to age well.
 
RuffRuff said:
They stink - Marquette fans are already out on this team, asking Shaka to play freshmen to get them ready for next year. I knew they were descending given output of talent with nothing incoming, but didn't think they'd be this bad this fast. With Ross leaving, let's not see if Shaka tries the portal. If he doesn't, it will be a true showcase of stubborness, HW611 style.
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And yet 14k+ show up against Central Michigan. Their fans will give Shaka a pass for this year, but he'll need to embrace the portal moving forward.
 
Tiamat7 said:
And yet 14k+ show up against Central Michigan. Their fans will give Shaka a pass for this year, but he'll need to embrace the portal moving forward.
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They're pretty much Chase Ross & nothing, and he's a senior. If he doesn't go to the portal this year, then he's probably never going. Gold is gone too, although not sure why he thought rolling into any season with him as your 5 was going to be a winning formula.
 
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Virginia is very handsy in its press. Matta has to be more animated because Butler can’t win if Virginia can just bump and grab jerseys on defense. That is fouling, not good defense.
 
Butler plays like a team. They pass really well, and Bizjack is crafty. They don’t offensive rebound well though.

Really need this win for themselves and the league.
 
Lafayette said:
Meanwhile Georgetown rolls to 5-0 with their small forward Isiah Abraham getting the start: 23 min, 12 pts, 4-5 FG, 2-2 3PT, 2-2 FT, 5 Reb, 1 steal, 0 TO, 1 foul.

I know they played Wagner but for a kid we had that left to find playing time, he would be head and shoulders above Jacob Ross in the depth chart, Jayden Ross like numbers without the Jayden Ross like fouls.
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Next, do a deep dive analysis of his box scores vs Clemson and also against that powerhouse Binghamton.
 
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Odom gets a T, but the refs are now letting Virginia call its own fouls. Matta is letting the refs walk all over him.
 
Lafayette said:
Meanwhile Georgetown rolls to 5-0 with their small forward Isiah Abraham getting the start: 23 min, 12 pts, 4-5 FG, 2-2 3PT, 2-2 FT, 5 Reb, 1 steal, 0 TO, 1 foul.

I know they played Wagner but for a kid we had that left to find playing time, he would be head and shoulders above Jacob Ross in the depth chart, Jayden Ross like numbers without the Jayden Ross like fouls.
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Check how he did against the other patsies they've played before anointing him the latest Ryan Gomes. 😊
He may turn out to be good but it's way too early and it was Wagner.
 
imno1 said:
I’m a little surprised that even after 4 years in college CFjr isn’t a full time starter. Corey was very young when he enrolled at UConn but I thought he’d develop into an impactful player
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He looked great as a senior in one of those all-star games at year end. Roddy Gayle and some others that were highly rated looked inferior.
 
Butler is better than recent years. Offensively they feel similar to recent years, where Butler was also pretty good offensively, with maybe a little better individual creating skills. My complaint is that the ball has a tendency to stop in the Butler offense sometimes. Bizjack in particular tends to dribble in place, which is a big pet peeve of mine with point guards. Butler had two shot clock violations in the second half and were close a bunch of other times.

Defensively, they look more athletic and better defensively. Virginia helped by shooting poorly, and their 95% free throw shooter missed 3 from the line which made a huge difference at the end.

Matta is a shell of the coach he was 15 years ago. He can clearly still teach offense, but there is no fire on the sideline.
 
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