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Message: [QUOTE="JoePgh, post: 5172221, member: 1131"] The phrase "trap game" occurs to me as I look at this match-up. Seton Hall has a 5-1 record in the Big East, behind only UConn and Creighton. Their only conference loss was to Creighton, by 8 points at home on January 11. Seton Hall has defeated Marquette (by 6 points), Georgetown (by 3 points), Villanova (by 1 point on Masonius's amazing buzzer-beating shot), Butler (by 10 points), and Providence (by 11 points). Meanwhile, UConn's only Big East victory against an opponent with an above-.500 in-conference record was over Villanova. All but one of UConn's other conference wins have been against bottom dwellers in the Big East, whose collective in-conference record has been 6-23. Obviously UConn has beaten common opponents in the Big East by much larger margins, and therefore [I]should[/I] (famous last word) win this game fairly easily. But a 24-point MOV will happen only if UConn plays at least a B+ or A- game. If UConn plays this game at the B or C level, the result may be a close game, or even a loss if UConn fails to respect this opponent. [/QUOTE]