(4) Wed. Big East Games 2/22/17

[MUwarrior1090]

Butler also beat Nova.

Whoops. For whatever reason, I was thinking Nova only had one conference loss.

[Alan Bykowski, "brewcity77"]

I'm cheering for a NCAA bid first, then I'll worry about the rest of the conference. But...just to play the what if game.

If we go 3-0, Butler goes 1-2 (loss @ nova and @X/SHU), and Creighton goes 2-2 (losses @ Nova and @MU) down the stretch, we would be in a 3-way tie for 2nd at 11-7. Every team in the "mini-conference" would be 2-2, as we would sweep CU, CU swept Butler, and Butler swept us. The tiebreaker for the 2 seed would go to us by virtue of our win against Nova. Additionally, if X goes 3-1 with the 1 loss to us, and there is a 4 way tie above us, we would get the tiebreaker by going 4-2 in the mini-conference, I believe.

Obviously very unlikely, but if we're dreaming....

Here's my best case scenario:

Butler: Lose @ Villanova, Lose @ Xavier, Lose v Seton Hall; 10-8
Creighton: Lose v Providence, Lose @ Villanova, Win v St. John's, Lose @ Marquette; 10-8
Xavier: Lose @ Seton Hall, Win @ Butler, Lose v Marquette, Win @ DePaul; 10-8
Marquette: Win @ Providence, Win @ Xavier, Win v Creighton; 11-7
Providence: Win @ Creighton, Lose v Marquette, Win v DePaul, Win @ St. John's; 9-9
Seton Hall: Win v Xavier, Win @ DePaul, Lose v Georgetown, Win @ Butler; 9-9
Georgetown: Win v DePaul, Win @ St. John's, Win @ Seton Hall, Lose v Villanova; 8-10

That would give the league a legit shot at 7 bids (including Villanova) and one in the NIT. Even if GT gets to 17-13, I think their only way in is the auto-bid, even if they beat Villanova, and I like the idea of Villanova only having 2 losses so as to make our win over them more valuable.

[MU/Panther]

Georgetown up on DePaul 27-13
Pryor with 9pts and Govan with 8 pts

Xavier 23 Seton Hall 21
Bluiett with 7pts

[MU/Panther]

13/25 shooting for DePaul, who leads at Georgetown at halftime. 39-36. 17-2 run to close the half on CBSSN.

[MU/Panther]

http://www.snappytv.com/tc/4014831/2431730

[Markedman]

Hoyas lose at home to DePaul ......boos from the crowd.

[MU_Iceman]

DePaul goes into Georgetown and wins, a place MU got blasted...unreal

[MU/Panther]

Hoyas lose at home to DePaul ......boos from the crowd.

Good for the refs for making that foul call with 0.2 left. Clutch free throws by Billy Garrett.

[Markedman]

Hoyas clearly weren't ready to play.....like they were when they beat MU and Butler.

JT3s seat has to be hot.

[2012Warrior]

Good for the refs for making that foul call with 0.2 left. Clutch free throws by Billy Garrett.

Reminds me of how we lost to them last year.