Nova Goes Down To ……..Creighton!

[jibsey]

Everyone said how terrible Creighton was to lose their last game huh? Does this bounce Nova out of the top 25 with 4 losses? Anybody can lose to anybody in the BE day in and out.

 

[shizzle787]

This puts Creighton squarely back in the NCAA tournament discussion. Lunardi has six Big East teams cleanly in, with DePaul in the first four out. The only other notable out is St. John's.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

This puts Creighton squarely back in the NCAA tournament discussion. Lunardi has six Big East teams cleanly in, with DePaul in the first four out. The only other notable out is St. John's.

Now they just need to hold on for 4 months. It’s sort of early.

 

[AntG168]

Again. Nova is not scary. They still have yet to be impressive. I’ve been on it for months. I’ll be here all week

 

[Edward Sargent]

I thought 15 points in the first half against Baylor was bad and an aberration. But 4 assists against Creighton tells me they maybe aren’t as good as their press clippings

 

[AntG168]

I thought 15 points in the first half against Baylor was bad and an aberration. But 4 assists against Creighton tells me they maybe aren’t as good as their press clippings

They’ve played this way the entire season. Every time I brought it up I got “it’s nova, they’re always good”. This is who they’ve been. No one should be surprised.

 

[XLCenterFan]

It’s official. The BE goes through us.

 

[uconngb]

Nova sucks. I think Big East is in trouble this year.

 

[Huskyforlife]

This thread feels like bad MOJO.

 

[jibsey]

Very early to write teams off. There are going to be a lot of so called upsets in the BE including with us more than likely, especially without Sanogo.

 

[AntG168]

Very early to write teams off. There are going to be a lot of so called upsets in the BE including with us more than likely, especially without Sanogo.

An upset isn’t losing by 20. A game after not breaking 50. It’s becoming a trend. If this were us, almost this entire board would be writing us off.

 

[Okafour rings]

Maybe the Big East is not as strong as we think - St Bonaventure lost to Virginia tech 86-49, making our win not as impressive. And the Bonnies had Lofton back as well.

 

[imno1]

Maybe the Big East is not as strong as we think - St Bonaventure lost to Virginia tech 86-49, making our win not as impressive. And the Bonnies had Lofton back as well.

We were down 2 starters

 

[SouthBayHusky]

Don’t know why this is surprising to see a Big East team beat another Big East team playing away. Villanova‘s shooting struggles aside, the Big East is probably the second best conference with 6 to 7 solid top 50-ish teams. BE proved their strength in out of conference games. Going forward, Big East teams will be beating up against each other.

 

[bendm]

Does this bounce Nova out of the top 25 with 4 losses?

It should but Probably somewhere in the 20s

 

[Tiamat7]

It’s official. The BE goes through us.

Or Seton Hall...or Xavier.

This will be a bloodbath.

 

[UConnStats]

Creighton is one of those teams that can beat you on a bad day and their rank is going to be low enough where it really hurts

 

[CTBasketball]

Playing at Creighton ain’t easy.

 

[superjohn]

They’ve played this way the entire season. Every time I brought it up I got “it’s nova, they’re always good”. This is who they’ve been. No one should be surprised.

I don't think anyone said this is who they've been. They play the same style/system they've played for a while but they're much less talented and athletic than in years past

 

[Edward Sargent]

Playing at Creighton ain’t easy.

Kinda has that AAC away game feel

 

[UConNick]

There aren’t going to be any juggernauts going 18-2/19-1 in this league; too many good teams and hostile road games. 15-5/14-6 might honestly get it done for the regular season title.

 

[CTBasketball]

Kinda has that AAC away game feel

Nothing turns me off more than an away game at Tulane in that 1900’s green shack.

 

[Brochacho]

Kinda has that AAC away game feel

Creighton was top 5 in attendance nationally the last time there was a normal season. That's not AAC - its a big time environment to play in.

 

[gtcam]

Nobody is safe, home or away
That’s the way it should be
Again, the officiating was horrid, They did their best to keep Nova in the game.
All this means is Creighton wanted it more than Nova. Nova will keep getting better, Jay Wright will see to it.
Good win for Creighton

 

[jibsey]

Nova has shot badly, until they play us where with defenders draped all over them they will shoot 80% from 3 in the first half. How many times have we seen this? Nova will play great in Feb believe me.