February - Other Big East Games

[UConnSwag11]

Xavier beats St. John’s at home 96 - 71

 

[UConnSwag11]

Marquette beats Butler at home, 60 - 52

 

[UConnSwag11]

Nova at Creighton right now. Creighton -10

 

[pepband99]

I still think bringing Thad Matta back was a mistake by Butler, but he got a team to put up a fight against a good Marquette team, and Butler was missing one of its best players.

The mistake was inviting them into the conference at all. I call them “Butlane” now, as they add nothing but a nice old gym.

 

[UConnSwag11]

 

[UConnSwag11]

Dixon putting in work against Kulkbrenner

 

[Umami Zen]

Hope Kimani is more interested in Fab Five than St Johns HC position..

 

[UConnSwag11]

Creighton did a nice job with their fans alternating blue and white sections

 

[UConnSwag11]

It’s going to be a madhouse Saturday at Creighton. Louder than it is now

 

[UConnSwag11]

Just go at Little Arch all day

 

[caw]

Is there a prop bet on over/under on bench points in Creighton/Nova. Yeesh

 

[Kolumbo]

Here we go. nova takes the lead 51-49 w 9 min left

 

[UConnSwag11]

Dixon getting away with some forearm

 

[gsmooth]

Dixon getting away with some forearm

Yeah Dixon gets away with parking his fat a. S. S. In the paint for like 10 seconds on each possession

 

[UConnSwag11]

Yeah Dixon gets away with parking his fat a. S. S. In the paint for like 10 seconds on each possession

Yup

 

[UConnSwag11]

Whitmore has not been good second half

 

[wheelerdog]

Sure beats ECU vs Tulsa

 

[wheelerdog]

Whitmore has not been good second half

He's had a rough year.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

I don't have the volume on for the Creighton game. What happened to the shot clock?

 

[Hurleyman216]

Creighton dribbles into Lane with about 30 sec left and Nova gets called for a touch foul. Nova comes back downs and their guard almost gets tackled in the lane by Creighton and it leads to a turnover…no foul called.

 

[caw]

Creighton dribbles into Lane with about 30 sec left and Nova gets called for a touch foul. Nova comes back downs and their guard almost gets tackled in the lane by Creighton and it leads to a turnover…no foul called.

UConn will see the same there. Horrid place to play for opposing teams. Almost always 8 on 5. I'd say Nova got screwed but it's pretty much as expected this year at certain arenas (X, PC and Creighton being the most egregious).

 

[gsmooth]

I don't have the volume on for the Creighton game. What happened to the shot clock?

on one end it malfunctioned so they had to shut the shot clock off on the other end to keep fairness

 

[Hurleyman216]

UConn will see the same there. Horrid place to play for opposing teams. Almost always 8 on 5. I'd say Nova got screwed but it's pretty much as expected this year at certain arenas (X, PC and Creighton being the most egregious).

Officiating 100% changed the outcome of that game. Nova hits a tough 3 to take a 1 point lead and then it was all free throws for Creighton. Gotta make a team make a winning play but they handed Creighton 2 FT’s for what should have been a no call.

 

[Hurleyman216]

Nova has to be the best below .500 team in the country. The majority of last year’s final 4 team and they added a top 10 draft pick and they haven’t been able to stack many wins in this league. There’s a chance Creighton will be ranked Monday which would mean 5 teams in the Top 25 for the Big East. I honestly think the league is better than the Big 12…we beat both Big 12 teams we played, Marquette throttled Baylor. I think this league is going to do some damage in the tournament. Xavier, Marquette and Creighton are all tough matchups for a lot of teams.

 

[SwingDog]

Nova has to be the best below .500 team in the country. The majority of last year’s final 4 team and they added a top 10 draft pick and they haven’t been able to stack many wins in this league. There’s a chance Creighton will be ranked Monday which would mean 5 teams in the Top 25 for the Big East. I honestly think the league is better than the Big 12…we beat both Big 12 teams we played, Marquette throttled Baylor. I think this league is going to do some damage in the tournament. Xavier, Marquette and Creighton are all tough matchups for a lot of teams.

...and hopefully UConn will be a tough matchup for a lot of teams...we'll see!