Big East OOC thread

[phillionaire]

Didn’t we almost lose to Columbia during the dark ages?

 

[shizzle787]

Didn’t we almost lose to Columbia during the dark ages?

Almost losing is known as winning.

 

[phillionaire]

Almost losing is known as winning.

I remember there being a stretch of eeked out overtime wins over like Columbia and Merrimack. Could be wrong. I was writing my dissertation and drinking heavily.

 

[3rdbass]

Nova should have fired Neptune the second they were not projected as a tournament team.

Yeah I have no idea what they are waiting for. I guess in respect to Jay!

 

[shizzle787]

I remember there being a stretch of eeked out overtime wins over like Columbia and Merrimack. Could be wrong. I was writing my dissertation and drinking heavily.

I remember the game. We won in OT.

 

[ctbro1999]

Didn’t we almost lose to Columbia during the dark ages?

Maybe, but we definitely did lose to Wagner and Northeastern during the dark ages. The season in question is the 2016-2017 season. Lost to Wagner and Northeastern at Gampel to start the year, then almost lost to Loyola Marymount (3 pts), Boston U (2 pts), and only beat DII Chaminade by 11.

 

[Inyatkin]

Maybe, but we definitely did lose to Wagner and Northeastern during the dark ages. The season in question is the 2016-2017 season. Lost to Wagner and Northeastern at Gampel to start the year, then almost lost to Loyola Marymount (3 pts), Boston U (2 pts), and only beat DII Chaminade by 11.

And that year we looked like the Boston Celtics compared to the team just one year later. Tough times.

 

[ctbro1999]

And that year we looked like the Boston Celtics compared to the team just one year later. Tough times.

Those were some dark times that I've tried to suppress the memories from, but still think about that period every once in a while to better appreciate how good we have it right now.

 

[UCFan1513]

Those were some dark times that I've tried to suppress the memories from, but still think about that period every once in a while to better appreciate how good we have it right now.

I usually think about it right around the season opener or the first two teams. I think there was the one year they were ranked and lost to some bum school, and another where they lost two straight to bum schools. Or maybe it was the same year.

 

[auggie22]

No friends?

Small PP?

You are a fan of a team that cannot fill your void?

Girls think you are un-F-able?

 

[Greedo]

Major teams really need to stop hiring coaches with little to no head coaching experience because their former legendary coach thinks it’s his right to hand pick his successor. Villanova should only be hiring a head coach that has proven himself already. I would have expected Jay Wright to be able to check his ego enough to recognize that.

 

[auror]

Didn’t we almost lose to Columbia during the dark ages?

Yeah. And since they actually did lose, they're in the darker ages. The midnight zone ages (somehow connect that to Neptune, god of the sea).

 

[HooperScooper]

Major teams really need to stop hiring coaches with little to no head coaching experience because their former legendary coach thinks it’s his right to hand pick his successor. Villanova should only be hiring a head coach that has proven himself already. I would have expected Jay Wright to be able to check his ego enough to recognize that.

Time is likely up for Kyle Neptune at Villanova ​

The fall-off has been unbelievable. (Making matters more dire: Mark Jackson, the AD who hired Neptune, left for Northwestern.) Nova is in danger of slipping into purgatory, which would be a devastating development after its ascendence in the 2010s. A massive game at a good Saint Joe's team awaits next Tuesday. Neptune can't afford one more loss to a mid-major team. Whether there's an in-season change remains a different deal. Jay Wright endorsed Neptune for the job — and Wright is still around the program — so it's conceivable that he'll keep his post until season's end, but it feels like this experiment is over.

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[freescooter]

Happens all the time. The legend retires and passes the touch to his hand picked successor/maybe top assistant. Or maybe someone who somebody oce called a coach on the floor during his long ago playing days. Occasionally it works like at UNC, but I think more often it ends in a mess.

 

[Orc]

Happens all the time. The legend retires and passes the touch to his hand picked successor/maybe top assistant. Or maybe someone who somebody oce called a coach on the floor during his long ago playing days. Occasionally it works like at UNC, but I think more often it ends in a mess.

Syracuse is next. They have another abysmal team this year. They'll be lucky to sniff the Nit team with that team

 

[The Yakk]

Syracuse is next. They have another abysmal team this year. They'll be lucky to sniff the Nit team with that team

True, but Cuse also sucked the last few years under JB. Slightly different situation.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Happens all the time. The legend retires and passes the touch to his hand picked successor/maybe top assistant. Or maybe someone who somebody oce called a coach on the floor during his long ago playing days. Occasionally it works like at UNC, but I think more often it ends in a mess.

When did it work at UNC?

Smith wasn't hand picked by McGuire, it was a surprise on many levels.

Guthridge was handpicked by Smith but did not succeed (at least by UNC standards) in his three years on the job.

 

[87Xfer]

We'll see how the same thing plays out with Scheyer. If he can't make it work with his cascade of riches, then maybe the plan in general is no bueno.

 

[shizzle787]

DePaul wins.

12-1.

Bad loss: Villanova

 

[Fan1978]

DePaul wins.

12-1.

Bad loss: Villanova

Welcome to the kyle Neptune farewell tour

 

[Inyatkin]

Gutheridge went to 2 Final Fours in 3 years. Not exactly awful. Davis has looked good. Might not work out but seems to be trending better than Villanova. LOL

One of those was as an 8-seed, and after that he left the program in such a shambles they had to go through an entirely different coach before they pried Roy Williams from Kansas. Guthridge was a disaster

 

[Karmacop]

Butler on the verge of losing to Austin Peay.

 

[Brochacho]

Conference blows, 4 team league.

 

[EROCK CONN]

Happens all the time. The legend retires and passes the touch to his hand picked successor/maybe top assistant. Or maybe someone who somebody oce called a coach on the floor during his long ago playing days. Occasionally it works like at UNC, but I think more often it ends in a mess.

FWIW, One of my best friends in a Nova alumn and hoops diehard. He heard Neptune was not Wright’s choice but chosen by the admin for other reasons.

 

[his dudeness]

Butler game is like a fever dream - Bulldog wearing a gold chain and riding around in a child's toy car, massive transition dunk by a player with only 1 arm, opposing head coach wearing full camo fatigues.... am I having a stroke?