The Big 5 College Basketball Thread

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  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,363
    The Juggler wrote:
    i think it would be cool to play one of the nova/temple games at the well though

    Yeah, the Villanova home game. :lol:
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  • JK_Livin
    JK_Livin South Jersey Posts: 7,365
    Wyatt not starting fot TU because he was late for something. What a dumb ass!
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  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,274
    every city/town with an abundance of basketball schools ought to do the Big 5 thing :thumbup:
    If I had known then what I know now...

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    Vancouver 11
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,594
    imalive wrote:
    every city/town with an abundance of basketball schools ought to do the Big 5 thing :thumbup:


    ...as if you needed another example of how awesome the city of philadelphia is. i mean, come on. :mrgreen:
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  • JK_Livin
    JK_Livin South Jersey Posts: 7,365
    TU's in trouble. 15-0 run for UMass to strat the 2nd half.
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  • JK_Livin
    JK_Livin South Jersey Posts: 7,365
    Wow. TU responds with a 25-11 run.
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  • JK_Livin
    JK_Livin South Jersey Posts: 7,365
    Shake and Bake, A-10 style. Let's hope the trend continues. Go Explorers.
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  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,363
    Pretty ugly performance. Team has actually not played well at all 4 of the last 5 games. Could be another quick exit from the tourney.

    pjhawks - I guess we will see who is right. I still think it's a 6 seed.
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  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,363
    Looks like the Hawk is dead.
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  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,026
    St Bonnies! Had lots of good times in Olean, NY, believe it or not.
  • Jearlpam0925
    Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,530
    I'm sorry but that was a bullshit call. That was egregious making that call in the final second/last possession of the game. Certainly not enough there to call that foul.
  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,363
    Looks like I was right about the seeding. ;)

    Seems like a good draw. I hope the Wednesday game goes into triple OT.

    Too bad about Drexel with St Bona winning.
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  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 12,912
    Johnny Abruzzo wrote:
    Looks like I was right about the seeding. ;)

    Seems like a good draw. I hope the Wednesday game goes into triple OT.

    Too bad about Drexel with St Bona winning.

    i thought a 6 or 7 (but said best seed could be a 5 which they are) so i was off a line although dunph agrees with me that they are higher than expected. would think kind of weird trying to prepare for 2 teams instead of one. didn't see much of cal this year. think south florida wouldn't be a bad draw though. i think the owls are way better than that team.

    although Drexel had a great case really hard to argue much with the teams who made it this year. to me West Virginia and NC State are a bit too highly seeded but in general seems well put together this year.

    upset special at 1st glance - Davdison over Louisville

    philly is apparantly NIT-central with 3 teams playing home games wednesday night. not sure how i feel for the hawks. pretty disgusted losing to the Bonnies and having that team in the NCAAs although at least enjoyed them beating Xavier. this Xavier team is really unlikable. other than the hawks losing friday afternoon session was was a lot of fun, 2 really good games well played games. and the A10 tourny was pretty entertaining this year. too bad it's in brooklyn for the next 5 years.
  • JK_Livin
    JK_Livin South Jersey Posts: 7,365
    Rough weekend for the Philly teams and my liver. I didn't get to see the Owls and Hawks games but the fan turnout for LaSalle was pretty bad. A Friday night in AC should have had a better crowd. I guess that's what happens when you go 20 years without any postseason play. LaSalle has lost a generation's worth of fans it seems like.

    The refs were so bad both ways. There were some brutal calls that put LaSalle in a 14-2 hole and then they made brutal calls against St. Louis to get LaSalle back in the game. One of the refs was skipping up and down the court and another would do a pirouette while making a call. It was like they were trying to put on a show.
    LaSalle just missed too many shots. At one point Majerus lifted his hands and his sweater rolled up over his gut and he took far too long to pull it down. :shock:
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  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,363
    pjhawks wrote:
    i thought a 6 or 7 (but said best seed could be a 5 which they are) so i was off a line although dunph agrees with me that they are higher than expected. would think kind of weird trying to prepare for 2 teams instead of one. didn't see much of cal this year. think south florida wouldn't be a bad draw though. i think the owls are way better than that team.

    Come on, you can do it. "I WAS WRONG." See, it's not that hard.

    I think the Owls should be able to handle South Florida if that's who they play. With the VCU history from last year it's kind of scary to play the play-in team.
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,594
    Johnny Abruzzo wrote:
    pjhawks wrote:
    i thought a 6 or 7 (but said best seed could be a 5 which they are) so i was off a line although dunph agrees with me that they are higher than expected. would think kind of weird trying to prepare for 2 teams instead of one. didn't see much of cal this year. think south florida wouldn't be a bad draw though. i think the owls are way better than that team.

    Come on, you can do it. "I WAS WRONG." See, it's not that hard.

    I think the Owls should be able to handle South Florida if that's who they play. With the VCU history from last year it's kind of scary to play the play-in team.


    beware of the dreaded 12-5 upset though johnny...
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  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,363
    The Juggler wrote:
    Johnny Abruzzo wrote:
    pjhawks wrote:
    i thought a 6 or 7 (but said best seed could be a 5 which they are) so i was off a line although dunph agrees with me that they are higher than expected. would think kind of weird trying to prepare for 2 teams instead of one. didn't see much of cal this year. think south florida wouldn't be a bad draw though. i think the owls are way better than that team.

    Come on, you can do it. "I WAS WRONG." See, it's not that hard.

    I think the Owls should be able to handle South Florida if that's who they play. With the VCU history from last year it's kind of scary to play the play-in team.

    beware of the dreaded 12-5 upset though johnny...

    Yeah, all too aware. :roll:
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  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 12,912
    Johnny Abruzzo wrote:
    pjhawks wrote:
    i thought a 6 or 7 (but said best seed could be a 5 which they are) so i was off a line although dunph agrees with me that they are higher than expected. would think kind of weird trying to prepare for 2 teams instead of one. didn't see much of cal this year. think south florida wouldn't be a bad draw though. i think the owls are way better than that team.

    Come on, you can do it. "I WAS WRONG." See, it's not that hard.

    I think the Owls should be able to handle South Florida if that's who they play. With the VCU history from last year it's kind of scary to play the play-in team.

    I was wrong. not really hard to admit when the evidence is crystal clear. although i imagine to someone who thinks 6 in a conference and 2nd in division is somehow better than 2nd in the conference and 1st in the division one year later as you tried to make a point about the flyers last week might not quite understand that premise.

    either way good luck to your owls.
  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 12,912
    according to ESPN Butler is interested in taking Temple's place in the A10. that has to be a no-brainer for the A10 leadership to accept. Butler would be a fabulous addition and frankly has more in common size wise with the other A10 schools than Temple does. I think that would leave Umass and Charlotte and I guess Rhode Island (not sure if they are a state school or not) as the only state schools left in the league if i'm not mistaken. and Umass and Charlotte are upgrading football to D1 in the near future so probably aren't long for the league anyways. Plus adding Butler would help solidify Xavier and Dayton's commitment to the league i think.
  • JK_Livin
    JK_Livin South Jersey Posts: 7,365
    The NIT is all about Philly tonight. Let's go LaSalle and the rest of you guys.
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