The last time we started conference play 4-1?

[McLovin]

2008-2009. That season ended at the Final Four. Just saying...

 

[bendm]

the creighton L gives me more reason for optimism than our 4 Ws against 3 of the bottom 5 teams in the conference. should be 5-1 after the SJU game (even w/o bouk) but then we'll really get tested. starting on 1/20, 7 of the next 9 games are against: xavier 2x, pc 2x, creighton, hall, and nova.

i think we go 4-3 (6-3 overall)

 

[UCDaveD]

starting on 1/20, 7 of the next 9 games are against: pc 2x, xavier 2x, creighton, hall, and nova.

I see at least 4 wins in there

 

[ucawn]

the creighton L gives me more reason for optimism than our 4 Ws against 3 of the bottom 5 teams in the conference. should be 5-1 after the SJU game (even w/o bouk) but then we'll really get tested. starting on 1/20, 7 of the next 9 games are against: xavier 2x, pc 2x, creighton, hall, and nova.

i think we go 4-3 (6-3 overall)

Getting a win @ Creighton or nova would be

 

[ucp990411]

the creighton L gives me more reason for optimism than our 4 Ws against 3 of the bottom 5 teams in the conference. should be 5-1 after the SJU game (even w/o bouk) but then we'll really get tested. starting on 1/20, 7 of the next 9 games are against: xavier 2x, pc 2x, creighton, hall, and nova.

i think we go 4-3 (6-3 overall)

Why so pessimistic? I am thinking 7-0 in that stretch.

 

[Palatine]

The Big East is obviously much easier than the AAC. The last time we started this well was when we were in the Big East.

 

[bendm]

The Big East is obviously much easier than the AAC. The last time we started this well was when we were in the Big East.

then by that shallow logic the old BE was also much easier than the aac...

 

[Palatine]

The Big East should have paid us a huge fee to join the conference. They needed us more than we needed them. In four conference games we have already added major value to the collection of tiny Catholic schools.

 

[UconnU]

Not so many rock fights early on that year. If my memory serves me correctly we pretty much annihilated everyone sans the the Buffalo and Georgetown games. To be fair there wasn’t as more parity throughout college bb either.

 

[BoukofJames]

Check out this certifiably #NotMad AAC fan in The Athletic’s college hoops mailbag comment section. I love how he gets promptly eviscerated.

 

[bendm]

The Big East is obviously much easier than the AAC. The last time we started this well was when we were in the Big East.

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BE 4th strongest conference this year which is lower than it's average rank since 2013, but still ahead of the SEC and PAC. once again it absolutely blows the american peasant conference away, which should get fewer teams into the tourney than the A10 and WCC.

 

[Kolumbo]

I want to believe but I am not yet sold on how good Creighton or the rest of the Big East is. UConn has had a fairly forgiving schedule. Creighton, Marquette, Butler, DePaul.

Of course, this paints a different picture. UConn at 18.

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