Big East OOC thread '25/'26 | Page 32 | The Boneyard
.-.

Big East OOC thread '25/'26

Status
Not open for further replies.
Xavier and Villanova both win.

Overall: 57-26 (12-21)
 
Starting to believe Nova could be a tournament quality team, but they've scheduled horribly in the non-con. Neutral BYU and at Michigan are not very winnable, and then home to Pittsburgh gives you nothing because they stink. The only potentially smart game is Wisconsin in Milwaukee, but that sure would be better if it was in Newark or something.

At least they've been stacking wins against non-horrible teams (no 300+ guys), so they have something of a WAB baseline.
 
Kim English staves off firing for another week. We need to stage an intervention at Marquette.
 
.-.
RuffRuff said:
Marquette won at home versus Valpo in OT. Details matter with that one.
Expand ...
Disappointing for sure with Marquette. I don't know anything about this year's Valporaiso team, but, I know they shouldn't be giving a tough game as visitors to a P6 team.
 
gsmooth said:
Seriously. I don't want to offend the Basketball Gods by saying this, but the other Big East teams need to start carrying their own weight in these OOC games. WTF?!
Expand ...
Maybe our reward will be in heaven......
 
.-.
Re: Marquette - there will be more teams like this going forward, where an otherwise good coach just whiffs on a roster. Happened with UNC last year.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
Re: Marquette - there will be more teams like this going forward, where an otherwise good coach just whiffs on a roster. Happened with UNC last year.
Expand ...
Shaka is being roasted for adherence to his system and the lack of transfers to fix obvious severe holes coming into this season. The last 2 and 3 games, he has adjusted lineups somewhat and minutes played by certain players but with the lack of competent depth this only goes so far. Someone pointed out Shaka went 11-22 in one of his seasons at Texas and made adjustments before the following season.
 

5. Big East​

Overall non-con record: 61-26 (.701)
Record vs. other four high-major leagues: 13-21
Record vs. ranked opponents: 4-8
Record vs. KenPom Top 50: 7-17
Unbeatens: None

By any and every objective metric, the Big East is a firm fifth in the high-major hierarchy, even with UConn looking like a top-three team. The Huskies' dominance aside, the Big East looks fated to be the worst high-major in 2025-26.

www.cbssports.com

College basketball just had its best November ever. This needs to be the scheduling standard moving forward

The season debut of Matt Norlander's Court Report also power-ranks the Power Five (hello, ACC!) and has more info on the future of Players Era
www.cbssports.com www.cbssports.com
 
MUFan in CT said:
Shaka is being roasted for adherence to his system and the lack of transfers to fix obvious severe holes coming into this season. The last 2 and 3 games, he has adjusted lineups somewhat and minutes played by certain players but with the lack of competent depth this only goes so far. Someone pointed out Shaka went 11-22 in one of his seasons at Texas and made adjustments before the following season.
Expand ...

The expected growth just hasn't been there with some of MU's players. I really thought Gold would be better than this by now, for one.
 
Seton Hall leads by 10 at the half, 37-27. Long ball is keeping the Pirates in the game. The Hall is 5 for 9 (56%) from 3PT, while the Devils are just 1 for 9 (11%). Central outscoring a Big East team in the paint 22-14, and is just -2 in rebounding.
 
.-.
2-0 tonight.

Winners: Seton Hall and Georgetown

64-26 (13-21).
 
HooperScooper said:

5. Big East​

Overall non-con record: 61-26 (.701)
Record vs. other four high-major leagues: 13-21
Record vs. ranked opponents: 4-8
Record vs. KenPom Top 50: 7-17
Unbeatens: None

By any and every objective metric, the Big East is a firm fifth in the high-major hierarchy, even with UConn looking like a top-three team. The Huskies' dominance aside, the Big East looks fated to be the worst high-major in 2025-26.

www.cbssports.com

College basketball just had its best November ever. This needs to be the scheduling standard moving forward

The season debut of Matt Norlander's Court Report also power-ranks the Power Five (hello, ACC!) and has more info on the future of Players Era
www.cbssports.com www.cbssports.com
Expand ...

It is like there is a bot that has to make a Big East-bashing post every 30 minutes on this site. The Big East is having a down year. WE GET IT. WE GET IT. WE GET IT.

Despite multiple posters claiming the Big East is a mid-major league, it is light years ahead of conference #6.
 
MUFan in CT said:
Shaka is being roasted for adherence to his system and the lack of transfers to fix obvious severe holes coming into this season. The last 2 and 3 games, he has adjusted lineups somewhat and minutes played by certain players but with the lack of competent depth this only goes so far. Someone pointed out Shaka went 11-22 in one of his seasons at Texas and made adjustments before the following season.
Expand ...

Comparing pre-NIL/Transfer Portal rosters to today is pointless. This also isn't a situation like Holloway at Seton Hall the last two seasons where he was trying to win with a budget that would cause most A10 coaches to quit. I don't get the sense that Marquette is a poor program, Shaka just made some bad roster choices this offseason and now the team sucks.

Marquette may finish last in the Big East this season. This team is just bad. I don't think Shaka will screw it up this badly again, but college basketball needs to be ready for this because there will be a few of these total roster whiffs every year going forward. Building a new team every year is hard.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
It is like there is a bot that has to make a Big East-bashing post every 30 minutes on this site. The Big East is having a down year. WE GET IT. WE GET IT. WE GET IT.

Despite multiple posters claiming the Big East is a mid-major league, it is light years ahead of conference #6.
Expand ...
Just quoting the article. I made no claims or opinions. Calm down.
 
gsmooth said:
Seriously. I don't want to offend the Basketball Gods by saying this, but the other Big East teams need to start carrying their own weight in these OOC games. WTF?!
Expand ...
I think it's entirely possible we go 18-2 (or better) in BE play this year and rack up a overall W/L record similar to the Gonzaga teams of a few years ago bullying the other WCC teams. I will be disappointed if we finish with more than 2 BE losses. Dropping 1 @ St Johns and then 1 other random road loss to say Creighton (please not Seton Hall) wouldn't be that shocking.
 
ctbro1999 said:
I think it's entirely possible we go 18-2 (or better) in BE play this year and rack up a overall W/L record similar to the Gonzaga teams of a few years ago bullying the other WCC teams. I will be disappointed if we finish with more than 2 BE losses. Dropping 1 @ St Johns and then 1 other random road loss to say Creighton (please not Seton Hall) wouldn't be that shocking.
Expand ...
It really feels like it should be 3 max. One thing to recognize is that we will have large targets on our back on the road. Each of the 10 away games will be the Superbowls for most of these teams that know they have little chance for the tourney.

Some teams are so bad we shouldn't have a problem, but for at least half of those away games, they may have a massive adrenaline advantage. The great thing about Hurley's system is that it can squeeze the adrenaline out quick.
 
.-.
RuffRuff said:
It really feels like it should be 3 max. One thing to recognize is that we will have large targets on our back on the road. Each of the 10 away games will be the Superbowls for most of these teams that know they have little chance for the tourney.

Some teams are so bad we shouldn't have a problem, but for at least half of those away games, they may have a massive adrenaline advantage. The great thing about Hurley's system is that it can squeeze the adrenaline out quick.
Expand ...
I think a handful of the road games probably won't be a walk in the park (@ Butler/Seton Hall/Villanova/Marquette even) and St Johns at home will be tough regardless. But all those road games are games we should win. But that's why they play the games!
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Online statistics

Members online
60
Guests online
9,936
Total visitors
9,996
Totals may include hidden visitors.

Forum statistics

Threads
166,031
Messages
4,464,361
Members
10,339
Latest member
GenotheJedi


Top Bottom