DanMcQ
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Post by DanMcQ on Mar 7, 2015 14:49:31 GMT -5
Hard won seeding. Defend home away from home court.
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Mar 7, 2015 15:07:55 GMT -5
Assuming DSR is fine, this is a game we should win as long as we don't overlook our opponent. Then again, it is hard to best a team 3 times in a season . . .
We need Cope to find it again.
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Post by x-centercourt400s on Mar 7, 2015 16:49:19 GMT -5
#7 DePaul vs #10 Marquette Creighton
I think I'd rather play DePaul actually but we should beat either one.
[Edit: Oops]
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Post by hobokenhoya on Mar 7, 2015 17:24:49 GMT -5
#7 DePaul vs #10 Marquette I think I'd rather play DePaul actually but we should beat either one. #7 DePaul vs #10 Crieghton by virtue of marquette's win over providence
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Post by Highsmith on Mar 7, 2015 18:05:19 GMT -5
Front page says DePaul/Marquette. I think I would actually prefer to play Creighton over anyone though. No matter what, this team needs to beat any of those 3 teams (DePaul, Marquette, Creighton).
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Post by Admin on Mar 7, 2015 18:19:19 GMT -5
Front page says DePaul/Marquette. I think I would actually prefer to play Creighton over anyone though. No matter what, this team needs to beat any of those 3 teams (DePaul, Marquette, Creighton). Marquette is actually #9 on a tiebreaker so the front page will be updated in about an hour.
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beenaround
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Post by beenaround on Mar 7, 2015 19:33:55 GMT -5
I am eerily confident of a first game W. God help me.
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Mar 7, 2015 20:08:13 GMT -5
I am eerily confident of a first game W. God help me. Whaaa? You crazy.
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Post by hoyajinx on Mar 7, 2015 21:30:13 GMT -5
I am eerily confident of a first game W. God help me. I was last year too...
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beenaround
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Post by beenaround on Mar 7, 2015 22:51:17 GMT -5
I am eerily confident of a first game W. God help me. Whaaa? You crazy. Very possibly!
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Post by MassHoya on Mar 8, 2015 8:52:52 GMT -5
It doesn't matter. Gotta be ready to play. We owe the Blue Demons for keeping us out of the NCAA's last year. Creighton travels well and will have a lot of fans. Let's hope not more than the Hoyas. Either way, it's the BET and the boys better show up if they want to raise the trophy Saturday night. GO HOYAS!!!
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Post by JohnnyJones on Mar 8, 2015 12:53:43 GMT -5
It doesn't matter. Gotta be ready to play. We owe the Blue Demons for keeping us out of the NCAA's last year. Creighton travels well and will have a lot of fans. Let's hope not more than the Hoyas. Either way, it's the BET and the boys better show up if they want to raise the trophy Saturday night. GO HOYAS!!! I will be interested to see to what extent Creighton fans come to NY this year. In my view, for the good of the league the more interested fans in the building the better - even if they are fans of the opposition. We generally are well represented at the BET.
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Post by professorhoya on Mar 8, 2015 13:31:01 GMT -5
This will be the key game in the BET because if we lose to DePaul/Creighton that damages RPI and maybe knock us down to a 7-8 seed. If you lose to any of the other Big East teams the RPI really isn't damaged so 4-6 seed is likely even without winning the BET.
DePaul's much improved and any team if they get hot from outside can pull off the upset so this is really the most important game in the BET from an NCAA tourney seeding stand point.
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Post by GUJook97 on Mar 8, 2015 13:57:48 GMT -5
It's an important game for seeding but I really don't see us falling below a 6 seed. Our profile is too good.
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Post by drquigley on Mar 8, 2015 14:24:58 GMT -5
Isn't anyone going to give a big Thank You to Butler? They lose to us because they miss something like 12 of 22 fouls shots then 4 days later beat Providence by hitting ALL 20 of their foul shots. Without Butler we could have finished 4th or lower. so on behalf of Hoya fans everywhere, 'THANK YOU BUTLER"
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Post by Buckets on Mar 8, 2015 14:31:10 GMT -5
It's an important game for seeding but I really don't see us falling below a 6 seed. Our profile is too good. Is now but would be a few spots worse with a loss to either of these teams. It's pretty likely 24 teams end their conference tournaments with better resumes if we lose Thursday.
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Post by HoyasAreHungry on Mar 8, 2015 15:02:12 GMT -5
Much rather face Marquette for those reasons. DePaul has good talent and I get the feeling they think they should have beaten us one of the times we played this year. No we can't be scared to play anyone but let's be honest, we would much rather play Quette this year.
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Post by bicentennial on Mar 8, 2015 16:08:28 GMT -5
We're not facing DePaul or Marquette, it is DePaul or Creighton. Ironically due to overall record Creigton's RPI is higher so would prefer to play them then DePaul as it makes it less likely our strength of schedule will drop to 5 or 6. If we win, even if we do drop SOS to 5 or 6 we likely bring it back to 4 with the next matchup so it really only matters if we lose. I would never take a game for granted in the Big East so have to win, one by one! Still I hope we can get a 20+ point lead in the first half which has been rare this year and let our starters rest and even get a few minutes in the tournament for Hayes, Mourning, Williams and Allen. Probably way too much to hope for. Still if it happened it would be a great sign of possible things to come!
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Post by charlietao on Mar 8, 2015 16:10:20 GMT -5
It makes me a little nervous because of that kind of "Third time's not a charm" curse/coincidence in BE, like our revenge against that eternally hated school in 2010 BET, and our upset by DePaul last year after we swept them in the regular season...
Anyway, in the win-or-go-home part of the season, every detail matters. Practice FTs (look at how FTs hurt Butler and SHU during the past two games), and improve perimeter defense.
Let's go, Hoyas!
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Post by professorhoya on Mar 8, 2015 16:22:08 GMT -5
We're not facing DePaul or Marquette, it is DePaul or Creighton. Ironically due to overall record Creigton's RPI is higher so would prefer to play them then DePaul as it makes it less likely our strength of schedule will drop to 5 or 6. If we win, even if we do drop SOS to 5 or 6 we likely bring it back to 4 with the next matchup so it really only matters if we lose. I would never take a game for granted in the Big East so have to win, one by one! Still I hope we can get a 20+ point lead in the first half which has been rare this year and let our starters rest and even get a few minutes in the tournament for Hayes, Mourning, Williams and Allen. Probably way too much to hope for. Still if it happened it would be a great sign of possible things to come! Yup, with all due respect to Creighton I would rather play them than DePaul. DePaul has played really tough this year and they have alot of players capable of going on 3pt barrages. On top of that they are an RPI killer at 168 compared to Creighton's 127. Also we seem to match up really well with Creighton and Hopkins seems to really have Creighton's number defensively and on the boards.
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