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  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 12,908
    The Juggler wrote:
    probably the best college basketball win i've seen live. awesome game.

    mouph was crashing the boards all game. hilliard was on fire. the freshman hitting the clutch 3 at the end of regulation. crowd rushing the court. non stop bloody mary's from start to finish. good times....

    first time nova has beaten two top 5 teams in one week. at least 5 more wins coupled with a win or two at the garden and i think this team is dancing. 6 wins would definitely make things a little less stressful though.

    going out on a limb here, but no other bubble team will have two wins vs top 5 teams on their resume.

    feels good to be checking the bracketology updates regularly again. :thumbup:

    GO CATS!

    great week for Cats and Explorers. Jay should win National Coach of the Year if he takes this slop of a roster to the NCAAs (even in a down year in the Big East). and it's looking like he will unless there is a melt down. shows you what playing really hard all the time and believing can do for you in college basketball. playing really good D.

    LaSalle quite impressive to beat Butler and VCU back to back. if LaSalle can finish in the top 4 in the A10 they should be in line for a bid. they need to avoid a let down in the next week or two though.
  • The Juggler
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    slop of a roster :lol:

    it is a down year for the big east, but they're still looking at more bids than any other conference at this point...
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  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 12,908
    The Juggler wrote:
    slop of a roster :lol:

    it is a down year for the big east, but they're still looking at more bids than any other conference at this point...

    no pros on that roster Juggler. only Pinkston is a top level Big East talent. none of those other guys will ever make an all Big East team. as for the league I think they have a bunch of good teams but only Louisville is a true final 4 contender. syracuse is good but they are an early out (boeheim hasn't made it past the sweet 16 since 2001 i believe...this year won't be any different). the rest are all pretty much the same. lack of scorers in the league but lack of scoring seems to be an issue with a lot of college basketball these days.
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,594
    pjhawks wrote:
    The Juggler wrote:
    slop of a roster :lol:

    it is a down year for the big east, but they're still looking at more bids than any other conference at this point...

    no pros on that roster Juggler. only Pinkston is a top level Big East talent. none of those other guys will ever make an all Big East team. as for the league I think they have a bunch of good teams but only Louisville is a true final 4 contender. syracuse is good but they are an early out (boeheim hasn't made it past the sweet 16 since 2001 i believe...this year won't be any different). the rest are all pretty much the same. lack of scorers in the league but lack of scoring seems to be an issue with a lot of college basketball these days.

    ha...yeah, not having any pros is a lot different than saying the roster is slop. plus they had a nba player last year and that team was awful so that doesn't mean much.

    in addition to pinkston, who doesn't get nearly the minutes he deserves, hilliard is developing into a nice player. the two freshman look good. arch will probably make the big east all rookie team. they've been much better since ochefu replaced sutton in the starting lineup.

    they have a bunch of nice players. no star. but they play well together. they're tough like jay's other good teams. and they play very good defense.

    love how this team is coming along so far. entertaining season.


    also--syracuse lost in the elite 8 last year and made it to the sweet 16 in 3 of the last 4 years and won the championship with melo '03. def a final four contender this year. that's a quality team.
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  • pjhawks
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    The Juggler wrote:
    also--syracuse lost in the elite 8 last year and made it to the sweet 16 in 3 of the last 4 years and won the championship with melo '03. def a final four contender this year. that's a quality team.

    totally don't recall them being in the final 8 last year but see they were. so thats twice since 2001 past the sweet 16. i stand corrected.

    and jay definitely has them playing great team ball. lots of credit to him as i said above.
  • The Juggler
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    yeah they lost to ohio st. sullinger was a beast in that one...


    either way--great week for the big 5.
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  • JK_Livin
    JK_Livin South Jersey Posts: 7,365
    The Juggler wrote:
    probably the best college basketball win i've seen live. awesome game.

    mouph was crashing the boards all game. hilliard was on fire. the freshman hitting the clutch 3 at the end of regulation. crowd rushing the court. non stop bloody mary's from start to finish. good times....

    first time nova has beaten two top 5 teams in one week. at least 5 more wins coupled with a win or two at the garden and i think this team is dancing. 6 wins would definitely make things a little less stressful though.

    going out on a limb here, but no other bubble team will have two wins vs top 5 teams on their resume.

    feels good to be checking the bracketology updates regularly again. :thumbup:

    GO CATS!
    I'm still not sure how Nova hung on. The were turning the ball over way too much and missing FT's but their D shut Cuse down for the final 3 min of regulation. Maybe now that Jay Wright isn't living at home, he's a little more focused on coaching. ;) A great win for them period.
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  • JK_Livin
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    I can't believe LaSalle won both their games this week. One of the best weeks for LaSalle in a long time.
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,594
    JK_Livin wrote:
    The Juggler wrote:
    probably the best college basketball win i've seen live. awesome game.

    mouph was crashing the boards all game. hilliard was on fire. the freshman hitting the clutch 3 at the end of regulation. crowd rushing the court. non stop bloody mary's from start to finish. good times....

    first time nova has beaten two top 5 teams in one week. at least 5 more wins coupled with a win or two at the garden and i think this team is dancing. 6 wins would definitely make things a little less stressful though.

    going out on a limb here, but no other bubble team will have two wins vs top 5 teams on their resume.

    feels good to be checking the bracketology updates regularly again. :thumbup:

    GO CATS!
    I'm still not sure how Nova hung on. The were turning the ball over way too much and missing FT's but their D shut Cuse down for the final 3 min of regulation. Maybe now that Jay Wright isn't living at home, he's a little more focused on coaching. ;) A great win for them period.

    yeah...you just had that feeling that it wasn't meant to be at that point.....

    mouph with the o rebound and kick out to arch at the end---probably the smartest basketball play he's ever made. i was certain he was going to just lay it back in and then nova would be forced to foul with hardly any time left..
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  • The Juggler
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    lasalle and nova both "recieving votes" now

    lunardi has nova, lasalle, and temple as 3 of his last 4 in...

    :clap:
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  • The Juggler
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    The Juggler wrote:
    lasalle and nova both "recieving votes" now

    lunardi has nova, lasalle, and temple as 3 of his last 4 in...

    :clap:

    i realize it's super early...but all 3 teams are 12 seeds with nova and temple as play-in teams.
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  • pjhawks
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    The Juggler wrote:
    The Juggler wrote:
    lasalle and nova both "recieving votes" now

    lunardi has nova, lasalle, and temple as 3 of his last 4 in...

    :clap:

    i realize it's super early...but all 3 teams are 12 seeds with nova and temple as play-in teams.

    those play-in games are a little strange. it's good that 4 more teams make the tourny but i got to think if you lose that play-in game you can't really feel like you were even in the tournament.
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,594
    pjhawks wrote:
    The Juggler wrote:
    The Juggler wrote:
    lasalle and nova both "recieving votes" now

    lunardi has nova, lasalle, and temple as 3 of his last 4 in...

    :clap:

    i realize it's super early...but all 3 teams are 12 seeds with nova and temple as play-in teams.

    those play-in games are a little strange. it's good that 4 more teams make the tourny but i got to think if you lose that play-in game you can't really feel like you were even in the tournament.

    yeah i was saying that to someone yesterday too. hopefully they do well enough down the stretch to avoid that.
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  • JK_Livin
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    No let down tonight. Go Explorers v. Umass. How did GW beat Charlotte by 30 in Charlotte?
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,594
    JK_Livin wrote:
    No let down tonight. Go Explorers v. Umass. How did GW beat Charlotte by 30 in Charlotte?

    wow a 1 point loss? that's rough man...

    not too upset with the nova loss. that is a tough place to win. fought till the end. gotta do a much better job defending the 3 though. only 8 turnovers.

    cannot lose to providence again on sunday. i'm trying to get tickets. we shall see.


    also--i watched tonight's game on the Watch ESPN app on my phone. any of you guys have this? fucking phenomenal. crystal clear as if i was watching it in hd. just have to to log in with your fios or comcast login info and boom--there you go. i can't believe i never knew about this until tonight...
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  • JK_Livin
    JK_Livin South Jersey Posts: 7,365
    The Juggler wrote:
    JK_Livin wrote:
    No let down tonight. Go Explorers v. Umass. How did GW beat Charlotte by 30 in Charlotte?

    wow a 1 point loss? that's rough man...

    not too upset with the nova loss. that is a tough place to win. fought till the end. gotta do a much better job defending the 3 though. only 8 turnovers.

    cannot lose to providence again on sunday. i'm trying to get tickets. we shall see.


    also--i watched tonight's game on the Watch ESPN app on my phone. any of you guys have this? fucking phenomenal. crystal clear as if i was watching it in hd. just have to to log in with your fios or comcast login info and boom--there you go. i can't believe i never knew about this until tonight...
    Doesn't matter how many points, that was a huge let down. Ugly loss.
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  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 12,908
    JK_Livin wrote:
    The Juggler wrote:
    JK_Livin wrote:
    No let down tonight. Go Explorers v. Umass. How did GW beat Charlotte by 30 in Charlotte?

    wow a 1 point loss? that's rough man...

    not too upset with the nova loss. that is a tough place to win. fought till the end. gotta do a much better job defending the 3 though. only 8 turnovers.

    cannot lose to providence again on sunday. i'm trying to get tickets. we shall see.


    also--i watched tonight's game on the Watch ESPN app on my phone. any of you guys have this? fucking phenomenal. crystal clear as if i was watching it in hd. just have to to log in with your fios or comcast login info and boom--there you go. i can't believe i never knew about this until tonight...
    Doesn't matter how many points, that was a huge let down. Ugly loss.

    tough loss but Umass is pretty good. Lasalle just needs to get into the top 4 and good things will happen.

    Hawks get Temple at Hagan on saturday evening. Both teams scuffling some. Winner can get back in the hunt for top 4, loser looks like go down to mid pack 8th or 9th place. expect a tight game and lots of khalif wyatt whining :D
  • The Juggler
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    is temple/st joes on tv tonight?
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  • Johnny Abruzzo
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    The Juggler wrote:
    is temple/st joes on tv tonight?

    CBS-SN. Not in high def on fios. :roll:
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  • The Juggler
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    Johnny Abruzzo wrote:
    The Juggler wrote:
    is temple/st joes on tv tonight?

    CBS-SN. Not in high def on fios. :roll:

    i don't understand how this is possible in 2013. nova/lasalle was on that channel too and i didnt' realize it until it went into overtime.

    looking forward to michigan and iu tonight too.
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