Jeff Goodwin's Big East update

[CL82]

He's a troll, but he's not wrong. This is exactly why the preseason gauntlet that Dan Hurley scheduled this year is necessary.

 

[uh-no]

He's a troll, but he's not wrong. This is exactly why the preseason gauntlet that Dan Hurley scheduled this year is necessary.

plus on the other hand, st johns got a good win, but has had several close losses...agian...nova is playing alright, and seton hall is the WTF of the year with a Q1 win over NCSU, and nearly following it up with a win over USC.

Overall, the BE is creeping closer to the ACC in terms of overall quality...again....

 

[Travelman6]

Uconn will carry the conference again. It's ok, they did in 2022-23 and 2023-24 too.

 

[Palatine]

The Big East needs UConn more than UConn needs the Big East.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

Unfortunately 2-3 bids is seeming more and more likely by the day. Absolute disaster year for the conference.

 

[TheHorde]

The Big East needs UConn more than UConn needs the Big East.

Quick someone get the memo to Val and the Big East officiating crews.

 

[MJ1]

Villanova kept the Big East respectable for a few years last decade and UConn will have to do the same this year unless St. John’s figures it out. Crazy that the league is upside down this year with Creighton and Marquette struggling and Seton Hall and Butler looking much better.

 

[Excalibur]

Unfortunately 2-3 bids is seeming more and more likely by the day. Absolute disaster year for the conference.

It’s what the conference is and will be.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

It’s what the conference is and will be.

Ehh. I expect Creighton and Marquette will rebound soon. Hopefully Georgetown and Nova keep progressing. The league is never going to be a world beater but IMO this year is a bit of an outlier.

 

[uconngb]

It’s what the conference is and will be.

Which is why we need to get out....somehow

 

[CL82]

Ehh. I expect Creighton and Marquette will rebound soon. Hopefully Georgetown and Nova keep progressing. The league is never going to be a world beater but IMO this year is a bit of an outlier.

I also feel like Pitino will have his team playing better by the end of the year. He always does.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

I also feel like Pitino will have his team playing better by the end of the year. He always does.

Agreed, they’ve just kind of blown their only opportunity at a high seed at this point

 

[Excalibur]

I also feel like Pitino will have his team playing better by the end of the year. He always does.

Their ceiling is nowhere near what it was last year. Hard to win without a point guard.

 

[MJ1]

Although the league is off to a tough start, we still are 4-3 against the ACC this year. Somehow they will get more teams in the tournament than us. I bet Jeff won’t point that out.

 

[FightOnCT]

Some of these issues are solvable like Smart actually using the portal and McDermott rebuilding his new roster this year. St. John’s is too talented for them to not recover with Rick Pitino as the coach.

Hopefully this new Xavier is just a short-term slump that Dick Pitino can get over next year.
Butler and Villanova are TBD. Seton Hall and Sha look promising.

Schools like Georgetown and Providence should be reflecting on their coaches and where they both stand as programs. Outside of one year, neither have provided the league with much as of late and it only gets worse if the P4 continues to increase the resource disparity. The whole point of this conference is that it is supposed to remain very competitive in men’s basketball, no excuses for that edge to be taken away.

DePaul is a lost cause.

 

[HooperScooper]

Jeff Goodwin. Was that intentional? I'd switch it to Jeff Goodlose.

 

[HW611]

Some of these issues are solvable like Smart actually using the portal and McDermott rebuilding his new roster this year. St. John’s is too talented for them to not recover with Rick Pitino as the coach.

Hopefully this new Xavier is just a short-term slump that Dick Pitino can get over next year.
Butler and Villanova are TBD. Seton Hall and Sha look promising.

Schools like Georgetown and Providence should be reflecting on their coaches and where they both stand as programs. Outside of one year, neither have provided the league with much as of late and it only gets worse if the P4 continues to increase the resource disparity. The whole point of this conference is that it is supposed to remain very competitive in men’s basketball, no excuses for that edge to be taken away.

DePaul is a lost cause.

Cooley has been cursed with the injury bug these past few years.

Georgetown looked good last year until Sober went down.

They were on a roll this year and Vince is out for two months now. He was a pretty big part of their rotation and played better than Julius at times.

They have some talent coming in recruiting wise and should be getting better and better moving forward.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

St John's will do enough in conference play to end up in the tournament and I imagine there will be room for a third BE school, even if we have no idea at the moment who that may be, but we are basically it as far as top level quality in the conference this year.

 

[GlastonTim]

I also feel like Pitino will have his team playing better by the end of the year. He always does.

He’ll have to publicly shame them in a press conference first.

 

[NJHusky]

I also feel like Pitino will have his team playing better by the end of the year. He always does.

Playing better or better record because playing BE teams. The OOC is the true barometer of the league. Mid pack is picking it up but Johnie’s, Marq and creight have snit the bed

 

[Scot-e]

While I always want teams to think it’s the biggest game of the year when they play us- it kinda sucks that we are the only opportunity for them to get a Quad 1 win outside (possibly) St John’s in the BE.
Getting teams best game is great- but with the physical play in the BE I worry about injuries if the other team has nothing to lose.

 

[ucp990411]

I also feel like Pitino will have his team playing better by the end of the year. He always does.

Yes but it will be vs the mediocre big east teams setting them up for a first round loss

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Goodwin certainly knows how to get this fan base riled up.

Just take a beat. There are still a lot of non-conference games left. Let's see how they turn out before declaring that the NEC is better than the Big East.

 

[HooperScooper]

Goodwin certainly knows how to get this fan base riled up.

Just take a beat. There are still a lot of non-conference games left. Let's see how they turn out before declaring that the NEC is better than the Big East.

Is changing his last name to Goodwin a board inside joke that I missed?

 

[CL82]

Jeff Goodwin. Was that intentional? I'd switch it to Jeff Goodlose.

Badloss?