Final BE OOC thread 25/26

[AllHusky]

I ran a teamcast on Torvik for Creighton: assuming win over Utah Tech and a loss to Butler in the BET quarterfinals, if they finish 14-6 in league play (20-12 overall), they will be the fourth to last team in. This is assuming 2x losses to UConn and St. John's and a loss to both Nova and Seton Hall on the road.

For Butler: assuming win over NJIT and a loss to Nova in the BET quarterfinals, if they finish 12-8 in league play (21-11 overall), the will be the second to last team in. This is assuming 2x losses to UConn and St. John's and losses to Creighton, Villanova, Seton Hall, and Providence on the road.

For Nova: assuming a loss to Butler in the BET quarterfinals, if they finish 12-8 in league play (21-11 overall), they will be the last bye. This is assuming 2x losses to UConn and St. John's and losses to Creighton, Butler, Seton Hall, and Providence on the road.

For Seton Hall: assuming a loss to Butler in the BET quarterfinals, if they finish 12-8 in league play (22-10 overall), they will be the last bye. This is assuming 2x losses to UConn, St. John's and Villanova and losses to Creighton and Butler on the road.

For St. John's: assuming a loss to Butler in the BET quarterfinals, if they finish 12-8 in league play (19-13 overall), they will be a #10 seed. This is assuming 2x losses to UConn and Villanova, and losses on the road to Seton Hall, Providence, Creighton, and Butler.

On a funny note, with the St. John's prediction (and each of these are separate), Torvik has six BE teams in (the five above and UConn).

Fascinating. We should revisit this at the end of the season just for S___s and giggles. Can I pin this just for my purposes(how?)

 

[HooperScooper]

Our only shots at losing this year:

@Creighton
@SHU
@StJ

Don't go there. You know some weird stuff happens every year. I still remember your post last year that there was no way in he11 we were losing to Seton Hall.

 

[shizzle787]

I almost expect to lose to Seton Hall. We aren't going 20-0 or 19-1 so we will have to lose to somebody.

 

[superjohn]

Can we talk about how awful Marquette is? It's really so much worse than I could have imagined. This team is getting pounded.

We have, they're the worst team in the league this season. Marquette leadership needs to sit down with Shaka and either get with the program or get that resume ready.

 

[RuffRuff]

I almost expect to lose to Seton Hall. We aren't going 20-0 or 19-1 so we will have to lose to somebody.

Hot take - 19-1, one healthy loss to either Creighton or Hall. We win that rest.

 

[NJHusky]

I would like to see Hall, Nova and Butler take games against St John’s to boost their resume. If that drops St J to a 10 seed or worse, oh well. Johnnies did nothing to help the OOC.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

I ran a teamcast on Torvik for Creighton: assuming win over Utah Tech and a loss to Butler in the BET quarterfinals, if they finish 14-6 in league play (20-12 overall), they will be the fourth to last team in. This is assuming 2x losses to UConn and St. John's and a loss to both Nova and Seton Hall on the road.

For Butler: assuming win over NJIT and a loss to Nova in the BET quarterfinals, if they finish 12-8 in league play (21-11 overall), the will be the second to last team in. This is assuming 2x losses to UConn and St. John's and losses to Creighton, Villanova, Seton Hall, and Providence on the road.

For Nova: assuming a loss to Butler in the BET quarterfinals, if they finish 12-8 in league play (21-11 overall), they will be the last bye. This is assuming 2x losses to UConn and St. John's and losses to Creighton, Butler, Seton Hall, and Providence on the road.

For Seton Hall: assuming a loss to Butler in the BET quarterfinals, if they finish 12-8 in league play (22-10 overall), they will be the last bye. This is assuming 2x losses to UConn, St. John's and Villanova and losses to Creighton and Butler on the road.

For St. John's: assuming a loss to Butler in the BET quarterfinals, if they finish 12-8 in league play (19-13 overall), they will be a #10 seed. This is assuming 2xll losses to UConn and Villanova, and losses on the road to Seton Hall, Providence, Creighton, and Butler.

On a funny note, with the St. John's prediction (and each of these are separate), Torvik has six BE teams in (the five above and UConn).

Out of curiosity, don't you need to run a teamcast for all schools (well, likely about 120 or so as a couple hundred are in one bid conferences) to determine where any of these school would end up?

 

[RuffRuff]

I almost expect to lose to Seton Hall. We aren't going 20-0 or 19-1 so we will have to lose to somebody.

Hot take - 19-1, one healthy loss to either SHU or Creighton.

I wouldn’t care if StJ doesn’t make tourney. I’m a UConn fan at this point, not a BE fan. Those days are over. It was fun when we had teams that actually had a chance to make runs. Those days look all but over.

 

[gsmooth]

Hot take - 19-1, one healthy loss to either SHU or Creighton.

I wouldn’t care if StJ doesn’t make tourney. I’m a UConn fan at this point, not a BE fan. Those days are over. It was fun when we had teams that actually had a chance to make runs. Those days look all but over.

They very well may be over, I am not sure. But what I am sure about is this year no Big East team besides UConn has a chance in hell of making the Elite 8, or dare I say, the Sweet 16.

These Big East teams are playing spoiler to UConn this season. Their games against UConn will be circled on their calendars and treated like their Super Bowl, especially their home games against UConn. Health, game planning, and strategizing will be for UConn against these teams, as it always will be for every game. However, not to be understated, it will also be important for UConn to have the attitude to match or exceed the intensity of these opponents basically to say "you are not defeating us to give you a resume building lifeline, find another way to the Big Dance."

 

[nelsonmuntz]

These takes that seem to think UConn is playing in the NEC are not going to age well.

 

[RuffRuff]

They very well may be over, I am not sure. But what I am sure about is this year no Big East team besides UConn has a chance in hell of making the Elite 8, or dare I say, the Sweet 16.

These Big East teams are playing spoiler to UConn this season. Their games against UConn will be circled on their calendars and treated like their Super Bowl, especially their home games against UConn. Health, game planning, and strategizing will be for UConn against these teams, as it always will be for every game. However, not to be understated, it will also be important for UConn to have the attitude to match or exceed the intensity of these opponents basically to say "you are not defeating us to give you a resume building lifeline, find another way to the Big Dance."

I agree, but they also stink. And this UConn team is really good and built to grind down opponents. I don't see many upsets.

 

[RuffRuff]

These takes that seem to think UConn is playing in the NEC are not going to age well.

I think you're severely overestimating the quality of the actual rosters.