The Big 5 College Basketball Thread

The Juggler

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

Owls on TCN tonight at Fordham. No HD for verizon - but at least it's on.

fordham beat st johns...who beat g town last night.

Johnny Abruzzo

The Jeagler wrote:

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

Owls on TCN tonight at Fordham. No HD for verizon - but at least it's on.

fordham beat st johns...who beat g town last night.

But they are only 6-6. However, road games are always tough in college hoops.

The Juggler

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

The Jeagler wrote:

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

Owls on TCN tonight at Fordham. No HD for verizon - but at least it's on.

fordham beat st johns...who beat g town last night.

But they are only 6-6. However, road games are always tough in college hoops.

i know. temple should have no problem. just found it odd that they beat the johnnies.

Johnny Abruzzo

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

Owls on TCN tonight at Fordham. No HD for verizon - but at least it's on.

Well, I had the day wrong, but this game did get played tonight. Owls started out horribly, and trailed by 7 in the 1st half. Then they finished the half with a 16-2 run and dominated the 2nd half for a solid opening A-10 win. For some reason Fordham played this game in the Izod Center (where the Nets play?). Seems like they forsook any home court advantage they might've had, and there was nobody there.

How's that for Temple news that nobody cares about?

The Juggler

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

Owls on TCN tonight at Fordham. No HD for verizon - but at least it's on.

Well, I had the day wrong, but this game did get played tonight. Owls started out horribly, and trailed by 7 in the 1st half. Then they finished the half with a 16-2 run and dominated the 2nd half for a solid opening A-10 win. For some reason Fordham played this game in the Izod Center (where the Nets play?). Seems like they forsook any home court advantage they might've had, and there was nobody there.

How's that for Temple news that nobody cares about?

maybe they thought some temple people would make the trip? odd choice indeed...

big win right now for tennessee over memphis...that's good for nova

Johnny Abruzzo

The Jeagler wrote:

maybe they thought some temple people would make the trip? odd choice indeed...

big win right now for tennessee over memphis...that's good for nova

I was one Temple fan who had no idea that game was at the Meadowlands, or that Fordham ever played games there. I'd think they'd play St. Johns there, if anyone. And they played them in their on-campus gym.

Memphis & Tennessee are both crappy & overrated this year.

pjhawks

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

Owls on TCN tonight at Fordham. No HD for verizon - but at least it's on.

Well, I had the day wrong, but this game did get played tonight. Owls started out horribly, and trailed by 7 in the 1st half. Then they finished the half with a 16-2 run and dominated the 2nd half for a solid opening A-10 win. For some reason Fordham played this game in the Izod Center (where the Nets play?). Seems like they forsook any home court advantage they might've had, and there was nobody there.

How's that for Temple news that nobody cares about?

Fordham is playing like 5 A10 games there this year including the Hawks. the Hawks game is a sunday afternon at least.

and my Hawks have finally reached rock bottom i think, or at least it better have reached rock bottom. Down 26 at home at one point to Duquesne last night and the effort was as bad as i've seen. pretty disgusted right now. might be time for Phil to head off into the sunset. long long long way from 2004. it's really unbelievable how far we've fallen. all the points in the game came from freshman and sophomores for the hawks. there is some talent there but not seeing results yet. so very frustrating.

Johnny Abruzzo

pjhawks wrote:

Fordham is playing like 5 A10 games there this year including the Hawks. the Hawks game is a sunday afternon at least.

and my Hawks have finally reached rock bottom i think, or at least it better have reached rock bottom. Down 26 at home at one point to Duquesne last night and the effort was as bad as i've seen. pretty disgusted right now. might be time for Phil to head off into the sunset. long long long way from 2004. it's really unbelievable how far we've fallen. all the points in the game came from freshman and sophomores for the hawks. there is some talent there but not seeing results yet. so very frustrating.

Getting blown out by Duquesne; that's not good. They have to give him some time to develop the recruiting class though - isn't it all freshmen? If they are still terrible 2 years from now, it might be time to start looking for a change. The A-10 (and Big 5) is more fun when St. Joe's is competitive.

pjhawks

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

pjhawks wrote:

Fordham is playing like 5 A10 games there this year including the Hawks. the Hawks game is a sunday afternon at least.

and my Hawks have finally reached rock bottom i think, or at least it better have reached rock bottom. Down 26 at home at one point to Duquesne last night and the effort was as bad as i've seen. pretty disgusted right now. might be time for Phil to head off into the sunset. long long long way from 2004. it's really unbelievable how far we've fallen. all the points in the game came from freshman and sophomores for the hawks. there is some talent there but not seeing results yet. so very frustrating.

Getting blown out by Duquesne; that's not good. They have to give him some time to develop the recruiting class though - isn't it all freshmen? If they are still terrible 2 years from now, it might be time to start looking for a change. The A-10 (and Big 5) is more fun when St. Joe's is competitive.

only one upperclassman even gets on the court at this point in Idris Hilliard and he took a big donut last night. Tay Jones is the only productive sophomore and the rest are all freshman. as i stated before this is by far the best freshman class we've had but it's ugly right now. individually the freshman are going to be great, it's just collectively right now it's not working. last night was a lack of effort in the 1st half which is the most disappointing aspect. at least 3 of the freshman are all A10 caliber players in the future, Langston Galloway, CJ Aiken (top 10 in blocked shots right now) and Ron Roberts (had a double-double off the bench last night). Fans are getting pissed off though, we pay the highest ticket prices by far in the city, the school put a shitload of money into the program with upgraded facilites, the school is bleeding heavily financially because of the purchase of the old Episcopal property and the results are disasterous at this point. I know Phil's not getting fired anytime soon but any points he built up are pretty much used up now.

The Juggler

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

The Jeagler wrote:

maybe they thought some temple people would make the trip? odd choice indeed...

big win right now for tennessee over memphis...that's good for nova

I was one Temple fan who had no idea that game was at the Meadowlands, or that Fordham ever played games there. I'd think they'd play St. Johns there, if anyone. And they played them in their on-campus gym.

Memphis & Tennessee are both crappy & overrated this year.

maybe so. still a win over a top 25 team is considered a "good" win.

you know how it is. you lose to a team and you want that team to do well to help boost your resume. like nova with temple last year, and like temple with nova this year.

The Juggler

was following the game on the radio whilst tailgating today. cincinnati's a bit overrated. still, nice to see nova work out their kinks while winning these games. and a win vs a top 25 team is always nice.

16 games left...10 against teams in the top 50 rpi (8 in top 11). gotta love the big east.

The Juggler

in the newest braketology today lunardi has nova as a 3 seed, temple 7.

i think nova was 4 and temple was 11 last week. moving on up...

Johnny Abruzzo

Owls really struggled with St. Louis yesterday. Juan Fernandez missed the game with a bruised knee, and Allen & Eric had foul trouble. Down by 8 well into the 2nd half, but a gutsy comeback to pull it out.

Apparently reporters didn't watch the game, because Temple is now ranked 19/23 in the AP/Coaches.

I'm hoping for something like 2 losses in the A-10 (plus losing to Duke in all likelihood) would get the Owls somewhere around a 4 seed. Based on yesterday, though, I'm skeptical this team can put that kind of run together.

The Juggler

for a team that stinks and is about to implode... villanova looks pretty damn good thus far. :wave:

things will get a whole lot tougher after this maryland game on saturday. so far so good though. they seem to be getting better with each game. all about playing your best come late feb into march...

MOUPHTAOU.
YAROU.

pjhawks

The Juggler wrote:

for a team that stinks and is about to implode... villanova looks pretty damn good thus far. :wave:

things will get a whole lot tougher after this maryland game on saturday. so far so good though. they seem to be getting better with each game. all about playing your best come late feb into march...

MOUPHTAOU.
YAROU.

Jaegs they are definitely playing much better than they were at the end of december. Stokes has been lights out. One thing about Jay's teams is they pretty much play harder than the other team. they get every loose ball. that being said I had them at 3-1 in the big east at this point so a game ahead. still barely challeneged though. only played 4 true road games, monmouth, penn, lasalle and south florida. when lasalle is your toughest road game as of january 13th you are in the Jim Boeheim school of scheduling. also remember they were 20-1 last year at one point and didn't turn out so well. lots of season left and much tougher games on the horizon. besides plenty of time for corey fisher to sleep with another teammates girlfriend.

my hawks battled dayton at dayton last night after having to take a bus because flight was cancelled. down 3 with the ball under 30 seconds left and missed a 3 then had 6 men on the court for a T after a timeout. fn brutal. never heard or saw that happen to a hawk team in my life. freshman center/forward CJ Aiken is 2nd in the country in block shots per game. He is going to be a monster once he puts on more weight.

temple and richmond clearly the best of the A10. Seen most of the teams in the A10 so far and not really impressed other than those 2. Even Xavier looks just ok this year but they have a ton of injuries. temple needs to take care of business and keep moving up in the polls.

also not Big 5 but great to see Duke lose. Man they are really hard to like. Also watched San Diego State for the 1st time this year. They are pretty good but not quite a Top 10 team i don't think. They will probably lose 2 in their league, especially if they play at BYU but have to check out their schedule. Check out my man Jimmer Fredette on BYU, best shooter in the country, even better than Corey Stokes.

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The Juggler

pjhawks wrote:

The Juggler wrote:

for a team that stinks and is about to implode... villanova looks pretty damn good thus far. :wave:

things will get a whole lot tougher after this maryland game on saturday. so far so good though. they seem to be getting better with each game. all about playing your best come late feb into march...

MOUPHTAOU.
YAROU.

Jaegs they are definitely playing much better than they were at the end of december. Stokes has been lights out. One thing about Jay's teams is they pretty much play harder than the other team. they get every loose ball. that being said I had them at 3-1 in the big east at this point so a game ahead. still barely challeneged though. only played 4 true road games, monmouth, penn, lasalle and south florida. when lasalle is your toughest road game as of january 13th you are in the Jim Boeheim school of scheduling. also remember they were 20-1 last year at one point and didn't turn out so well. lots of season left and much tougher games on the horizon. besides plenty of time for corey fisher to sleep with another teammates girlfriend.
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yeah i had them at 3-1 at this point too. thought they'd lose one of the previous two. so i'm pretty happy so far. the difference between last year's team and this year's is last year got by with how they played in the first half last night. their defense was lacking last year. d is much better this year. overall they're playing more like a team. they just kind of waited around for scottie reynolds to make things happen last year. you could tell that something was off with that team. i love that stokes has emerged as a leader and mouph has a chance to be the best big man jay wright's ever had. win or lose, they are playing much better than i thought at this point in the season.

regarding the schedule, obviously out of conference is weak. it is like this every single year. judging by all the success they've enjoyed the last decade, i think jay wright knows what he's doing with that though.

go cats!

Johnny Abruzzo

Owls destroyed St. Bonaventure to go 31-0 at home vs. the Bonnies.

It was 17-17 at one point, but was never interesting after that. These are the kind of games that make me long for being in the Big East or ACC.

The Juggler

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

Owls destroyed St. Bonaventure to go 31-0 at home vs. the Bonnies.

It was 17-17 at one point, but was never interesting after that. These are the kind of games that make me long for being in the Big East or ACC.

just beat the living hell out of that conference and get as high a seed as possible.

Johnny Abruzzo

The Juggler wrote:

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

Owls destroyed St. Bonaventure to go 31-0 at home vs. the Bonnies.

It was 17-17 at one point, but was never interesting after that. These are the kind of games that make me long for being in the Big East or ACC.

just beat the living hell out of that conference and get as high a seed as possible.

So much for this. Owls got destroyed by Duquesne. Fuck you Pittsburgh. Your city sucks. :twisted: