Is UConn Now The Favorite To Win The Big East Tournament In its First Year Back In The Conference?

[Pudge]

Pitt

Without mentioning Jamie Dixon's last few years with Pittsburgh is a big blocked reality. They were often our toughest game.

 

[Deleted at users request]

+475 odds on MyBookie. Pretty favorable odds if you think we'll win.

With Gillepsie out and the debacle at Creighton, I'm liking are chances a lot personally.

 

[TheChamps990411]

Let's see what Georgetown says about this tomorrow. Not that Georgetown is better or anything, just want to see how we take care of business going in the Tourney, in a game we are expected to win.

Just saying tomorrow will tell a lot about our chances, moreso than all the past games. Win Saturday, then we are certainly the favorites, lose it then the Tourney outcome will be very interesting.

14. That is the average win margin over the last 3 games. We lost to Nova at the time #10 and the best team in our conference by 8 points in our worst played game of the season. Before that game we`d won 3 straight games by an average of 11 points. This team has turned the corner and should win against Gtown rather comfortably. Imho this program is now at the leve where they wont lose to a bad team. Until we beat a team the level of Nova or Creighton i dont think we can be considered the favorites but its nice to hear we`re in the discussion.

 

[auror]

+475 odds on MyBookie. Pretty favorable odds if you think we'll win.

With Gillepsie out and the debacle at Creighton, I'm liking are chances a lot personally.

Ugh Draftkings was down to +300. I still pulled the trigger.

 

[GoDAWGS]

Barstool Reags is awful, let's not let him pretend likes watched the big east, dude rides the SEC and kentucky so hard.

 

[GoDAWGS]

Reags has been following and writing about college basketball for years. Total Kentucky homer but he knows his stuff

Disagree he does not know his stuff, we have not been mixing and matching whaley, the man plays 30+ minutes a game, hes pretending like hes done something besides watch the seton hall game and bouknight highlights, absolutely no mention of Cole?

 

[uchusky32]

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They were until you started this thread.

 

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Ugh Draftkings was down to +300. I still pulled the trigger.

Had to do the same. Lucky to live in a draftkings friendly state. Got to work through China right now. lol

 

[jdb50]

Nova is still the favorite imo and we did not fair well against Creighton. Nova will not be intimidated and Creighton has forwards that won the games for them the first two times. We would have to find a way to shut them down. Everyone needs to hit shots for us to win the Tourney. No way one player has a run of great games and we win it all.

 

[auror]

Nova is still the favorite imo and we did not fair well against Creighton. Nova will not be intimidated and Creighton has forwards that won the games for them the first two times. We would have to find a way to shut them down. Everyone needs to hit shots for us to win the Tourney. No way one player has a run of great games and we win it all.

We were up 2 on Creighton with 6 seconds left with a 76% FT shooter shooting 2 free throws. And then we lost by single digits on the road without Bouk or Jackson in a 2 point game with 10 minutes left.

 

[UofCT]

Disagree he does not know his stuff, we have not been mixing and matching whaley, the man plays 30+ minutes a game, hes pretending like hes done something besides watch the seton hall game and bouknight highlights, absolutely no mention of Cole?

One can know a lot about basketball and not mention RJ Cole.

 

[Ewekon]

Wrong umboyo

It's hardly the same Big East. The New Big East is basically a conference of non-football playing Catholic colleges. The original Big East was much more similar to the major P5 conferences.

It's hardly the same Big East. The New Big East is basically a conference of non-football playing Catholic colleges. The original Big East was much more similar to the major P5 conferences.

Wrong 'Em boyo.

NBE not BE. The original was NEVER a football conference, though.

Go Huskies!

 

[Dove]

Some dude: "UConn is going to win the Big East Tournament."

Boneyard:

 

[Waquoit]

We were up 2 on Creighton with 6 seconds left with a 76% FT shooter shooting 2 free throws. And then we lost by single digits on the road without Bouk or Jackson in a 2 point game with 10 minutes left.

Details, details... They had a head coach back then as well

 

[freescooter]

We were up 2 on Creighton with 6 seconds left with a 76% FT shooter shooting 2 free throws. And then we lost by single digits on the road without Bouk or Jackson in a 2 point game with 10 minutes left.

That’s called a loss.

 

[auror]

That’s called a loss.

Your reading comprehension is at a loss.

 

[MTBingNinja]

What time will the Big East tournament bracket be announced on Sunday?

 

[freescooter]

Your reading comprehension is at a loss.

You’re trying to make it sound like something else. Or an excuse. You probably grew up in the trophies for all era...

 

[freescooter]

Wrong umboyo



Wrong 'Em boyo.

NBE not BE. The original was NEVER a football conference, though.

Go Huskies!

It actually was a pretty good one. When Miami, VaTech, and BC went to the ACC they originally dominated that league. First year VaTech won it by beating Miami. Then VaTech played in the ACCchampionship game I think 5 of the first6 years. BC played in it twice. BC. When it Had a football league, it was very good but under appreciated nationally.

 

[auror]

You’re trying to make it sound like something else. Or an excuse. You probably grew up in the trophies for all era...

Try again.

 

[Ewekon]

Good read until the last bullspit sentence. Why bother?

 

[tzznandrew]

I would put it another way...the league is not good enough for Villanova. They have won or tied for the regular season title every year since the New Big East formed. Win 4 of 5 tournament titles. They are Gonzaga. The league is better than the WCC but not even close to Villanova . If they lose without their best player everyone else just needs to shut up about “the great Big East.”

When the team at the top of the conference not only has gotten a lot of #1 & #2 seeds over the last 6 NCAAs (5/6), but won a third of the titles (2/6), maybe it's the team is just really good?

Apply that logic to the B12. Kansas won or tied for for the B12 title every year from 2005 to 2018. They also won 8/14 of the conference champions. Was the B12 "not worthy" of Kansas over that time despite obviously having a number of other good teams?

Kansas's success speaks more to the quality of Kansas to the weakness of the B12. After the first two years or so, the same is true for the BE.

 

[FriarJ]

That's fair. Either way, I don't think it's good for the league for it to be so one-sided. They needed us back. A program with the funding and track record to give Nova legit competition once again.

It's also fair to say we needed the BE as well.

It’s also wrong. This BE is in its 8th year and has held 6 tournaments of which Nova has won 4.

 

[MexicoHusky]

It’s also wrong. This BE is in its 8th year and has held 6 tournaments of which Nova has won 4.

I think I'm missing your point. Are you disputing 4 out of 5? If yes, we should probably rephrase. We meant 4 of the last 5. Not 4 out of a total of 5.

 

[freescooter]

It’s also wrong. This BE is in its 8th year and has held 6 tournaments of which Nova has won 4.

And they made the finals in 1 other. And won or tied for every regular season championship except 1. Face It. The Big East is 1. Villanova. 2. Everybody else. 11. DePaul. As far as the Big 12 comparison, Oklahoma, Ok State, Texas, at least, all had good teams over the years. Maybe you could argue Xavier in the NBE, but beyond that, it has been a 1st weekend flame fest.