The Big 5 College Basketball Thread

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

The Jeagler wrote:

pjhawks wrote:

is it still called the Apollo? and yes that game was a thrashing. ill give you a pass this time because of the 6 week old but i call you can't use that excuse again until after new years.

no. liacourse center. i think johnny is just being old school like me. he called the pavillion "the dupont" earlier. i thought i was the only one who still called it that!

see you there johnny-- go nova!

You got it Jeags. I'm stubborn. Calling it the DuPont is kind of making fun of Nova too, since they were so ashamed of being associated with that guy. And I thought it was cool to call Temple's place the Apollo, kind of playing off the "being in the ghetto" thing and all. Shame they changed it.

I'm using that excuse until the New Years, actually.

always kinda thought "the apollo" was a dumb name to begin with.

can't really blame nova for being ashamed of being associated with a perverted murdurer though, ya know?

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

Enough about the names of arenas.

Nice win for the Cats over St. Lucy's School for the Blind last night. Managed to pull away in the 2nd half.

opening rounds of the nit. they didn't choose those teams. they'll be at the garden next week.

Holy War tonight

booomm11 wrote:

Holy War tonight

fnova. hope we can pull off a miracle but don't see it happening. but really fnova.

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

booomm11 wrote:

Holy War tonight

Let's go... eh I don't care. It'd be pretty shocking if Nova doesn't blow them out.

Mediocre start for the Owls. Big game at Maryland Sunday.

the war is over and so is the hawk.

your squad better start putting the ball in the basket dude...

The Fixer wrote:

The Jeagler wrote:

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

the war is over and so is the hawk.

your squad better start putting the ball in the basket dude...

st joes had a nice run towards the end for the backdoor cover. nice work hawks

19.5 was a ridiculous number for a big 5 game.

The Fixer wrote:

The Jeagler wrote:

19.5 was a ridiculous number for a big 5 game.

true. You guys know how I feel about nova...my hatred aside, I think they are kinda overrated. I know it's early in the year, but I've watched them play a few times now and I think they are gonna struggle once conference play starts. I'm not saying they are gonna stink, but I don't think they are a top 10-15 team nationally.

yup. initially 6 was waaaay too high. no chance of them remotely stinking. they need time to jell. once march comes around they should be a better team than they were last march. finally got a front court to go with what should be one of the nation's best back courts. once they get pinkston up and running...look out.

edit--also usually jay wright's team build over the course of the year. takes them a couple months. last year was just different all around.

The Fixer wrote:

The Jeagler wrote:

The Fixer wrote:

true. You guys know how I feel about nova...my hatred aside, I think they are kinda overrated. I know it's early in the year, but I've watched them play a few times now and I think they are gonna struggle once conference play starts. I'm not saying they are gonna stink, but I don't think they are a top 10-15 team nationally.

yup. initially 6 was waaaay too high. no chance of them remotely stinking. they need time to jell. once march comes around they should be a better team than they were last march. finally got a front court to go with what should be one of the nation's best back courts. once they get pinkston up and running...look out.

edit--also usually jay wright's team build over the course of the year. takes them a couple months. last year was just different all around.

yeah, that's my main point. they are pretty young. wright is a good coach, so I'm sure they will improve as the year goes on. I'd predict them as being a 4-5 seed come tourney time.

If fisher isn't hitting from the outside (which is 50/50)...nova's offense will struggle

this team should be better than a 5 seed. that would be disappointing.

GO CATS

The Fixer wrote:

The Jeagler wrote:

this team should be better than a 5 seed. that would be disappointing.

GO CATS

I think 4-6 is where they'll end up. A 5 seed means they are ranked somewhere around 15-20, which is where I think they end up.

still early, so I could end up being 100% wrong on this one. we'll see.

my point is if that is the case, the season would be a bit disappointing. if the team finishes as strong as wright's teams usually do, they should be higher. the nova name recognition now comes into play too as we saw last year.

pjhawks wrote:

Jaegs I agree with the Fixer on this one. This Nova team is over rated right now. I think as of now they are probably 5th best in the Big East. Not enough depth either. If pinkston is thrown out of school, which is what i've been hearing, they really only have 8 healthy scholarship players. that is going to wear them down in the big east. they are something like 300-and something in 3-point percentage right now. other than Stokes they can't make 3s and Yarou and Pena are turnover machines.

rough year for your hawks ahead dude. that is a young ass team. how much leash does martelli have at this point? i kind of thought he would have been able to build upon those jameer nelson years better than he has.

yeah. you agree with me about nova too then. i've been saying they are overrated at this point (check my first post in this thread). 6 was waaaay too high. and though its flattering si had them 3 , that is just ridiculous. i'm hoping that pinkston rumor is not true. it's a lot of gossip at this point. if it is, then that obviously changes everything. dude's a mcdonald's all american. supposed to be one of the best freshman in the conference and was supposed to get a lot of minutes this year. that said, he was with the team and participated in warm ups on friday for the first time all year.

nova looks shaky at best right now. they let that game on friday get too close. but then they basically played with just 6 players (sutton and armstrong were out). gotta have confidence fisher and wayns will find their shot. yarou and pena are just turning it over 1 time each per game. yarou's essentially still a freshman at this point. he'll be a beast by the end of the year/next year. team's gotta play better defensively. nova team's usually start off like this. they'll probably struggle through january then find their groove in february. at least that's the plan . at any rate, i fully expect nova to be the last big 5 team standing again. we'll see. college basketball is awesome.