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St John’s plays 11 games at Madison Square Garden. Seems like a home court to me. Doesn’t matter when they aren’t good. When they are, though it is a little unfair, no?
 
freescooter said:
St John’s plays 11 games at Madison Square Garden. Seems like a home court to me. Doesn’t matter when they aren’t good. When they are, though it is a little unfair, no?
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Neah, Its not the same in the BET. Actually I think Seton Hall may just knock them off if they face each other for the 3rd time. Its SHU last chance to get into the tournament .
 
We've been playing at MSG for 40+ years now. Wouldn't change a thing. St John's is more familiar with the arena, the shooting sites, but their crowd advantage goes away with 11 teams all receiving the same number of seats. They won't control the lower bowl

As teams get eliminated, it's about what fans will spend the money

If the top seeds advance, Friday night is going to be one hot ticket

St John's
UConn
Nova
Seton Hall
 
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The path low key is easier as the 2 seed than the 1 seed lol

But it shouldn’t matter. If you are a real contender, you should destroy both games 1 and 2. St John’s punked us and we responded by blasting them by 30 the next time around. I’m begging for us to get Marquette first. I want to see the punch back that we didn’t do yesterday
 
REB1094 said:
The path low key is easier as the 2 seed than the 1 seed lol

But it shouldn’t matter. If you are a real contender, you should destroy both games 1 and 2. St John’s punked us and we responded by blasting them by 30 the next time around. I’m begging for us to get Marquette first. I want to see the punch back that we didn’t do yesterday
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Will the Bright Lights of MSG in a single-elimination tourney be enough to light competitive fire and urgency in this enigmatic team? I guess we’ll find out…
 
REB1094 said:
The path low key is easier as the 2 seed than the 1 seed lol

But it shouldn’t matter. If you are a real contender, you should destroy both games 1 and 2. St John’s punked us and we responded by blasting them by 30 the next time around. I’m begging for us to get Marquette first. I want to see the punch back that we didn’t do yesterday
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32.
 
Only thing I’m upset about is PC choking yesterday because we would have had DePaul/Xavier with an automatic win in the Qtrs. Marquette at least will challenge us, although we should win with a de facto home court and the chances of shooting 3/24 from three again is just not likely.

Providence vs St. John’s at noon on Thursday, just, please let it happen 😂
 
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willie99 said:
We've been playing at MSG for 40+ years now. Wouldn't change a thing. St John's is more familiar with the arena, the shooting sites, but their crowd advantage goes away with 11 teams all receiving the same number of seats. They won't control the lower bowl

As teams get eliminated, it's about what fans will spend the money

If the top seeds advance, Friday night is going to be one hot ticket

St John's
UConn
Nova
Seton Hall
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So kinda like the NESCAC. Top seed hosts.

I actually think the NBE Tournament is a waste of time and energy. Who cares if you win unless you are Seton Hall with zero chance at the real tournament…I get it is a big deal for most of the league. And for mid-majors. They are never winning National Championships. But for us it’s nice but unessential. Who would you rather be UConn 2023 or Marquette? It’s the basketball equivalent of the NBA in season tournament. The league had to mandate that they put up a banner or a plaque. And playing 3 straight days is not normal in the season so it can impact outcomes.
 
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The BE tourney winner usually gets more glory, but Marquette won it in 23-24’ so neither title is definitive and let’s face it, on Sunday night all is forgotten. Unless we lose the first game we still get a #2 seed I think, #3 if we lose the first.
 
freescooter said:
So kinda like the NESCAC. Top seed hosts.

I actually think the NBE Tournament is a waste of time and energy. Who cares if you win unless you are Seton Hall with zero chance at the real tournament…I get it is a big deal for most of the league. They are never winning National Championships. But for us it’s nice but unessential. Who would you rather be UConn 2023 or Marquette?
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Maybe if you sit at home. It's a blast if you go to the Garden.
 
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freescooter said:
So kinda like the NESCAC. Top seed hosts.

I actually think the NBE Tournament is a waste of time and energy. Who cares if you win unless you are Seton Hall with zero chance at the real tournament…I get it is a big deal for most of the league. And for mid-majors. They are never winning National Championships. But for us it’s nice but unessential. Who would you rather be UConn 2023 or Marquette? It’s the basketball equivalent of the NBA in season tournament. The league had to mandate that they put up a banner or a plaque. And playing 3 straight days is not normal in the season so it can impact outcomes.
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I have a blast, so there's that I suppose
 
jibsey said:
The BE tourney winner usually gets more glory, but Marquette won it in 23-24’ so neither title is definitive and let’s face it, on Sunday night all is forgotten. Unless we lose the first game we still get a #2 seed I think, #3 if we lose the first.
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We'll win the BEAST tourney and Florida won't win theirs. Committee will have no choice to give us #1 unless they want even less than zero credibility.
 
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