bigskyhoya
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Post by bigskyhoya on Dec 7, 2019 15:35:07 GMT -5
Interested in how you arrived at this forecast. Are you assuming the Hoyas will play more like the UNCG game or the Ok State game? If it's the latter, they can (not necessarily will) beat any Big East team. Which games are totally out of reach? I think 2-6 against Villanova, Seton Hall, Xavier, and Marquette. Then probably split with the other 5 teams so that’s 7-11 but given Butler, DePaul and Creighton’s early play I could at least one of those teams sweeping us. I need to see the Ok State team show up for multiple games before I’m ready to think that’s who we really are. But if that is our new normal then I don’t disagree we’ll be much more competitive than this. Fair enough. But unless we are the team that lost to UNCG I think 7 wins is likely the floor. Unless, of course, we lose a few more players midseason.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2019 16:02:47 GMT -5
Creighton is destroying Nebraska.
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jwp91
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Post by jwp91 on Dec 7, 2019 16:28:47 GMT -5
Will the Big East go 7-0 today? With wins over B10, Big 12, SEC, and AAC?
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SSHoya
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Post by SSHoya on Dec 7, 2019 16:49:32 GMT -5
St. Joe's hanging in against Nova.
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Post by EtomicB on Dec 7, 2019 16:53:04 GMT -5
St. Joe's hanging in against Nova. Was that Reggie Cameron on the St. Joes's bench?
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SSHoya
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Post by SSHoya on Dec 7, 2019 16:58:55 GMT -5
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Post by BeantownHoya on Dec 7, 2019 23:30:48 GMT -5
Great day for the Big East!
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Post by wponds on Dec 7, 2019 23:46:01 GMT -5
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Post by skunk on Dec 7, 2019 23:56:26 GMT -5
Creighton is destroying Nebraska. To be fair, Nebraska is horrible this year
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2019 11:29:45 GMT -5
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Post by DanMcQ on Dec 8, 2019 21:26:41 GMT -5
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SSHoya
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Post by SSHoya on Dec 8, 2019 23:12:10 GMT -5
Seton Hall loses to Iowa State 76-66.
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Post by hoyaduck on Dec 9, 2019 2:38:37 GMT -5
Seton Hall loses to Iowa State 76-66. And Sandro Mamukelashvili broke his wrist...
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Post by DanMcQ on Dec 9, 2019 3:40:38 GMT -5
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Post by daveg023 on Dec 9, 2019 6:42:49 GMT -5
Tough news for Seton Hall. Well be the beneficiary of at least one game during his absence.
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Post by jwp91 on Dec 9, 2019 8:13:45 GMT -5
With Kevin Williard’s diagnostic skills, he will be playing again today.
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Post by daveg023 on Dec 9, 2019 10:17:10 GMT -5
Not sure where to put this but in ESPN’s latest bracket we were back IN as a 10 seed. Road and Neutral court wins are HUGE! Now let’s make sure they hold up. 7 BE schools in, including DePaul, with Creighton as the first out. m.espn.com/ncb/bracketology?src=desktop
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Post by guru on Dec 9, 2019 11:58:49 GMT -5
Not sure where to put this but in ESPN’s latest bracket we were back IN as a 10 seed. Road and Neutral court wins are HUGE! Now let’s make sure they hold up. 7 BE schools in, including DePaul, with Creighton as the first out. m.espn.com/ncb/bracketology?src=desktopHaslam has us in right now as well - despite all the turmoil and bad start, with a win over Syracuse (and assuming we win the other OOC games), we are in very good position to make tourney with a 9-9 Big East record. That seems very attainable right now. Things are looking up - on the court at least.
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Post by jydhoya on Dec 9, 2019 12:52:16 GMT -5
Re KenPom -Great to see 9 out of 10 BE teams in top 68. Provided everyone can hold serve the last few weeks before conference games start, this should bode very well for BE with NET and tourney selection. -Crazy that DePaul (#61) is only 7 spots ahead of Providence (#68).
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Post by hoyasaxa2003 on Dec 9, 2019 15:25:14 GMT -5
Re KenPom -Great to see 9 out of 10 BE teams in top 68. Provided everyone can hold serve the last few weeks before conference games start, this should bode very well for BE with NET and tourney selection. -Crazy that DePaul (#61) is only 7 spots ahead of Providence (#68). Part of it is that DePaul's schedule has had a fair share of really bad opponents. They've beat a non-Division 1 opponent (which does not count on KenPom), 333, 273, 284, and 190. The wins against Iowa (42), Texas Tech (29), and Minnesota (65) were nice though, but the home loss to Buffalo (105) isn't great. And, they play 226 and 323 next, so they really won't have another test until Northwestern (98) and then the Big East. Clearly, DePaul is better than they have been in the past. It's just hard to tell how good they will be.
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