The Big 5 College Basketball Thread

The Juggler wrote:

JK_Livin wrote:

7 votes!!!
Here we go Explorers!

nova and temple got some votes too

Sorry, I must've overlooked that.

JK_Livin wrote:

Looks like everyone is in action this weekend.

going to be a strange year with all the conference changes. no Temple in the A10, no Syracuse and Pitt in the Big East.

I have no gut feeling on this Hawks team. they can go either way. so much depends on Chris Wilson at point guard. concerns me that the Hawks really have only one shooter and guard depth off the bench is a guy coming off 3 knee injuries in Kyle Molock. he had originally committed to Purdue in his junior year before getting hurt. still very solid inside with Roberts and Kanocevic though. Martelli signed through 2016 but if things go bad this year could be it. natives are very restless on Hawk Hill.

A10 without Xavier is going to be interesting. St. Louis and VCU look to be the top teams. Lasalle should be in the next tier I think. Interesting how much they will miss Galloway.

I think Nova is underrated in the new Big East. I think they were picked 4th but I see them finishing around 2nd.

Temple - new tough conference for them but that is another team that I have no feel for as they lost so much. Dunphy usually gets guys to step up though so I doubt they struggle too much.

Penn should be better but I think Harvard still has a lot back.

JK_Livin wrote:

LaSalle is not very good right now. The offense is awful. I guess I didn't realize how much Galloway bailed them out. Dr. G needs to switch up the offensive scheme. Duren is too passive right now and no one can hit a shot.

saw the 2nd half last night. Duren looked tired. I think that was their 3rd game in 3 days? he didn't seem to have any life out there. and I think they said Jerrell Wright was sick so he didn't play at all.

Big 5 games are going to be really interesting this year. I don't think anyone is that far ahead of anyone else at this point. Right now I'd have to say Nova is at the top but I think it's fairly close. Even Penn is improved this year.

Hawks play in a tourney starting thanksgiving night and open with LSU on ESPN2. not a big fan of playing on Thanksgiving night. if they beat LSU should get Memphis on Friday. not sure who is in other side of bracket. after this tourney next 3 are at Temple, Nova and Drexel and home.

The Juggler wrote:

all they do...is beat top 5 teams :thumbup: :thumbup:

easily the most excited i've been about a win in november. that was a lot of fun last night. intense game. nova's defense is nasty. smaller, but deeper than last year's team. sorta like jay's teams 6, 7 years ago.

2nd full game of kansas' i've seen so far. wiggns shows flashes, but really gets lost out there. think he had 4 or 5 turnovers too. embieed has the makings of a beast down the line though.

saw the highlights on ESPN this morning. awesome!

i think parker is better right now too. love his size and ball handling. though i heard he didn't have a good game last night either. didn't see that game.

wiggins has to develop an outside shot. i think he is too used to being able to just glide to the rim with ease. and it seems true what everyone is saying about his lack of a killer instinct so far. i don't know. the kid's just 18 and everyone matures at a different pace. wouldn't be surprised if he starts slow but turns into the player everyone expected by the end of the year.

The Juggler wrote:

special team brewing on the main line right now...love the depth. senior leadership coming from bell. young bucks contributing right away. arch and pinkston are the heart. hilliard is the steady rock. ennis is the jolt of energy they needed. need ochefu to fix whatever his issue is and they gotta trim the turnovers down but damn, it appears jay really righted this ship. couple years ago people were writing him and this team off. he just needed some time to rebuild.

this tourney championship has got to help with recruiting too. i know they're in the mix for a couple top recruits right now. things are looking up once again. go cats.

that Iowa game was a great game to watch (other than the result ). high level game there so early in the season.

Decent game between Temple and St. Joe's tonight.

surprised nothing from Juggler after the beat down of the Hawks. Nova is really good. hate them but this team has it going on. play so hard, lots of perimeter options, play really well together and pinkston is a tough matchup. jay has them fully back. I think this is their best team since the Final 4 team.

#8..... :shh: :shh: :shh:

obviously way too early for this kind of stuff...but in prep for the syrcause game, i was checking out the rpi/bpi rankings and stuff.....low and behold, the team with the best odds of winning the tournament right now, per lunardi? YOUR villanova wildcats. :thumbup:


gonna be a fun year