2019-20 NCAA Basketball

[delavan]

They absolutely stink. If Roy didn't have the street cred he did over in Chapel Hill they'd be calling for his head on a pike Ned Stark style.

Myles Powell just absolutely showing out last night. YUUUUUGE game Saturday between SHU and Nova.

Yep, they'd stink on ice and Roy's rep juice is indeed sustaining him.

As for Saturday, big game yes  but looking at the bigger picture, Setonia's conf. schedule has 5 of the next 8 games involving ranked teams.  Me (always pull for the locals) hopes Mamukelashvili completely rounds into form and that they bring their healthy 'A' game into the NCAA's (and freak the ghost of rumeal robinson).     

[delavan]

#12 Seton Hall big win at #10 Villanova (first win at Nova in 25 years).  Nova: 3 game losing streak.
#6 Dayton over St. Louis (big A10 test Wed. vs. 18-4 Rhode Island - URI riding a 10-game winning streak).

[guinness77]

St. John’s still sucks, in case anyone was wondering.

[delavan]

#23 Creighton 87 - #10 Seton Hall 82
Powell 3 for 14.

#19 Butler 66 - Xavier 61

[mj2sexay]

Tough loss last night for the Hall, was really impressed with how balanced Creighton's offense is.

Big East looking like its going to be well represented in March given the depth of the conference.

[Italian Seafood]

Great home win for the Hall last night over Butler, Mamu at the buzzer. Both teams top 20.

Rutgers lost to Michigan, first loss at the RAC, but I expect they will make the NCAAs barring a collapse.

[Italian Seafood]

Great win for St. John's, helping a brother out

[guinness77]

Great win for St. John's, helping a brother out

Haha, was coming here to post “you’re welcome.”

[delavan]

Creighton played the percentages by packing the paint and daring the team that couldn't shoot straight to beat 'em.

St. John's obliged by shooting 14/22 from 3 (63.6%) yet barely shot .500 from the foul line (11/20).  Nevertheless a nice win for the Johnnies. 

Lots of top-25 loses this weekend.  Dayton (27-2) continues to roll - last reg. season A-10 conference test upcoming on the road at Rhode Island (20-8). 

[mj2sexay]

Creighton played the percentages by packing the paint and daring the team that couldn't shoot straight to beat 'em.

St. John's obliged by shooting 14/22 from 3 (63.6%) yet barely shot .500 from the foul line (11/20).  Nevertheless a nice win for the Johnnies. 

Lots of top-25 loses this weekend.  Dayton (27-2) continues to roll - last reg. season A-10 conference test upcoming on the road at Rhode Island (20-8).

YUGE mis-step for Creighton considering the conference standings.

SHU can clinch the Big East regular season with a split of their final two games.

[Italian Seafood]

Creighton played the percentages by packing the paint and daring the team that couldn't shoot straight to beat 'em.

St. John's obliged by shooting 14/22 from 3 (63.6%) yet barely shot .500 from the foul line (11/20). 

That's risky when you're playing them in the gym where they practice. I didn't realize they played league games on campus but it worked out for them.

[mj2sexay]

Big win for RU tonight over #9 Maryland. If I had to guess even with their shitty February this puts them over the top to go dancing.

[Italian Seafood]

Big win for RU tonight over #9 Maryland. If I had to guess even with their shitty February this puts them over the top to go dancing.

It's going to be hard to keep them out. Good record in the Big Ten, beat Seton Hall. I'd like a win or two in the conference tournament though.

Huge senior night for the Hall tonight. What better way to send Miles out than winning the Big East vs Villanova?

Yuuuuge!

[delavan]

Big win for RU tonight over #9 Maryland. If I had to guess even with their shitty February this puts them over the top to go dancing.

Beating Maryland, Seton Hall, Penn St. and Illini probably gets them in - not that a favorable "19 home / 11 away" schedule didn't hurt
(home: 18-1; road: 1-10, ouch).   Tonight: good luck Hall.

Dayton in the same shoes as Maryland: on the road tonight vs. a desperate Rhode Island (20-8) team on the bubble.

Cool story: 3-star recruit from Kansas receives a hoops scholarship to the Univ. of Vermont. Tragically gets into a car wreck, coma ensues.  Vermont nevertheless honors his scholarship, kid eventually comes back to post a 3.4 index, is given a spot on the Catamounts  basketball team and on Senior Night (last night) gets into a game to score a bucket (props also to SUNY-Albany for being 100% cooperative):

https://twitter.com/AmericaEast/status/1235006369763217408

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/albany-lets-vermont-player-who-overcame-car-crash-coma-score-first-career-points-on-senior-night/

[Italian Seafood]

Cool story: 3-star recruit from Kansas receives a hoops scholarship to the Univ. of Vermont. Tragically gets into a car wreck, coma ensues.  Vermont nevertheless honors his scholarship, kid eventually comes back to post a 3.4 index, is given a spot on the Catamounts  basketball team and on Senior Night (last night) gets into a game to score a bucket (props also to SUNY-Albany for being 100% cooperative):

https://twitter.com/AmericaEast/status/1235006369763217408

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/albany-lets-vermont-player-who-overcame-car-crash-coma-score-first-career-points-on-senior-night/

That's awesome.