Big East OOC thread

[shizzle787]

I didn't forget. It's back for the fifth-straight season.

Compiled with help from:
future-big-east-basketball-schedules
2024-25-dockets-power-conferences.html

Good news: Zero Division 2 contests.

The league plays a collective 121 OOC games this season (each teams plays 11 OOC games).

Games vs. P4 teams (Gonzaga does not count-only ACC, Big 12, SEC, and Big 10 opponents):

Butler: 4-5
UConn: 3-4
Creighton: 5
DePaul: 2
Georgetown: 3
Marquette: 5
Providence: 2-4
Seton Hall: 2-4
St. John's: 4
Villanova: 3
Xavier: 5

Total games vs. P4: 37-44

Based on what happened last year, 21 (not 20) wins is the minimum for an NCAA bid.

Number of bids by overall OOC record:

7 bids: 100-21
6 bids: 93-28
5 bids: 88-23
4 bids: 85-26
3 bids: 80-41

First two games for every team:

Butler: Missouri State, Austin Peay
UConn: Sacred Heart, New Hampshire
Creighton: UTRGV, Fairleigh Dickinson
DePaul: Southern Indiana, Prairie View A&M
Georgetown: Lehigh, Fairfield
Marquette: Stony Brook, George Mason
Providence: CCSU, Stonehill
Seton Hall: Saint Peter's, Fordham
St. John's: Fordham, Quinnipiac
Villanova: Lafayette, Colombia
Xavier: Texas Southern, IU Indy

Starting 22-0 with that schedule is a must.

Big East-Big 12 challenge (need to go 6-5 to win challenge):

Villanova: Cincinnati
Providence: BYU
UConn: Baylor
Marquette: @ Iowa State
Creighton: Kansas
DePaul: @ Texas Tech
Xavier: @ TCU
Georgetown: @ West Virginia
St. John's: Kansas State
Butler: @ Houston
Seton Hall: Oklahoma State

 

[AZHuskiePop]

I didn't forget. It's back for the fifth-straight season.

Compiled with help from:
future-big-east-basketball-schedules
2024-25-dockets-power-conferences.html

Good news: Zero Division 2 contests.

The league plays a collective 121 OOC games this season (each teams plays 11 OOC games).

Games vs. P4 teams (Gonzaga does not count-only ACC, Big 12, SEC, and Big 10 opponents):

Butler: 4-5
UConn: 3-4
Creighton: 5
DePaul: 2
Georgetown: 3
Marquette: 5
Providence: 2-4
Seton Hall: 2-4
St. John's: 4
Villanova: 3
Xavier: 5

Total games vs. P4: 37-44

Based on what happened last year, 21 (not 20) wins is the minimum for an NCAA bid.

Number of bids by overall OOC record:

7 bids: 100-21
6 bids: 93-28
5 bids: 88-23
4 bids: 85-26
3 bids: 80-41

First two games for every team:

Butler: Missouri State, Austin Peay
UConn: Sacred Heart, New Hampshire
Creighton: UTRGV, Fairleigh Dickinson
DePaul: Southern Indiana, Prairie View A&M
Georgetown: Lehigh, Fairfield
Marquette: Stony Brook, George Mason
Providence: CCSU, Stonehill
Seton Hall: Saint Peter's, Fordham
St. John's: Fordham, Quinnipiac
Villanova: Lafayette, Colombia
Xavier: Texas Southern, IU Indy

Starting 22-0 with that schedule is a must.

Big East-Big 12 challenge (need to go 6-5 to win challenge):

Villanova: Cincinnati
Providence: BYU
UConn: Baylor
Marquette: @ Iowa State
Creighton: Kansas
DePaul: @ Texas Tech
Xavier: @ TCU
Georgetown: @ West Virginia
St. John's: Kansas State
Butler: @ Houston
Seton Hall: Oklahoma State

Great Post:
The OCS is critical to the league
That’s why the only polls “/ power rankings I take seriously ate in end of the year and the week of selection . Can a team come on in league play ? Yes but normally at the expense of of a conference mate.
Look at St Johns at year, they were probably top 10 but they dug their own grave in OCS
Good luck to our conference mates.

 

[REB1094]

Providence looks really bad. Struggling with CCSU. Central CT up 10-9 after 7 minutes

No Hopkins tonight but…sheesh

 

[MJKI]

This is not a good PC team, really have not understood the love they've gotten. They have no offensive creativity and a handful of guards who can't beat a guy off the dribble. KE might be a good coach one day, but twitter love has him hyped as a top 5 coach in the BE when he hasnt shown anything yet. PC needs to find a way to just not sink until Hopkins comes back for the Big East's sake

 

[MJKI]

There certainly is a concerning lack of talent on teams projected 4-8 in the league

 

[REB1094]

PC down 2 at halftime against Central CT.

 

[CCSU97]

CCSU leads Providence 26-24 at the half.

Blue Devils have forced 11 PC turnovers while only committing 2.

Central outscoring the Friars in the paint 14-10.

Jordan Jones leads all scorers with 15 points.

 

[caw]

I’m not sure if the PC game is shocking to anyone but it shouldn’t be. This is about as good as PC was last year when Carter sat.

 

[REB1094]

Xavier also down at halftime, 38-34 to Texas Southern

At least this one is fun to watch. Freemantle showing no rust. Ryan Conwell is going to be fun to watch

 

[Hamms30]

Hopkins isn't still out from the ACL is he?

 

[ScottCT]

Is the this conference going to screw themselves again?

 

[RuffRuff]

This is not a good PC team, really have not understood the love they've gotten. They have no offensive creativity and a handful of guards who can't beat a guy off the dribble. KE might be a good coach one day, but twitter love has him hyped as a top 5 coach in the BE when he hasnt shown anything yet. PC needs to find a way to just not sink until Hopkins comes back for the Big East's sake

Second this. Yes a healthy Hopkins is good, but not sure what anyone was seeing in them as a lock tourney team. Floyd is mid major talent, Pierre not far behind. Joseph shot 40% from the field at Miami. They just have no shooters.

Brutal showing from the BE as a whole today other than STJ. Xavier losing at the half to Texas Southern is surprising. Neptune is being Neptune. Can we call Yormark back up now that we’ve made a bowl game ?

 

[UCFan1513]

Yikes… can’t wait for the BE to get like 8 Q4 losses, and then have every team play UConn like it’s their Super Bowl

 

[storrsroars]

Other than SJU, the conference is looking pretty pathetic tonight.

 

[BigFanCT]

It’s time to get out of this conference……….

 

[gsmooth]

Lots of close games.

Good-makes for exciting TV
Bad-makes Big East look small time. And it will affect the Big East's scores for Selection Sunday

 

[Icehawk]

What it up with these close games? I mean at least Butler put it away but is PC going to pull it out now?

 

[BigFanCT]

Small time conference. Simple and plain.

 

[GoConn]

this has been gross. yuck

 

[auror]

Hopkins isn't still out from the ACL is he?

Yeah. He's been practicing for a bit, but apparently not comfortable enough to play yet.

 

[REB1094]

Providence takes it. Easiest win ever. Big East is the best!

 

[BEFAN]

We need to get out of this conference for BASKETBALL REASONS

Exactly! How many more NCAA ships can one program take! Back to the AAC please!

 

[CTBasketball]

We need to get out of this conference for BASKETBALL REASONS

Stop.

 

[CTBasketball]

CCSU will win the NEC, that’s not as bad of a team as people think. They will compete.

 

[auror]

Dual giveth and taketh away.