The Big 5 College Basketball Thread

JK_Livin said:

Huge battle tonight.

I love the Hawks tonight. they are much better at home and should have won the 1st game between the two.

pjhawks said:

JK_Livin said:

Huge battle tonight.

I love the Hawks tonight. they are much better at home and should have won the 1st game between the two.

You have to throw everything out the window when it's a Big 5 match up. Or at least the positives for St. Joe's can be thrown out the window for LaSalle's sake. The explorers don't play with much heart.

The Juggler said:

Peaking at the right time. Complete and utter domination today against a tournent team. I think St Johns is projected as an 8 seed.

yeah i thought it would be a little closer since St. John's is kinda good. Pretty sure this win combined with Virginia's loss solidified a #1 seed

also looks like temple wrapped up a spot in the tourny.

The Juggler said:

eeriepadave said:

The Juggler said:

Peaking at the right time. Complete and utter domination today against a tournent team. I think St Johns is projected as an 8 seed.

yeah i thought it would be a little closer since St. John's is kinda good. Pretty sure this win combined with Virginia's loss solidified a #1 seed

also looks like temple wrapped up a spot in the tourny.

the johnnies were missing 2 of their best players....but they still lead by 10 in the first half. i could not watch or listen to the 2nd half--it was like a 4 point game at halftime but nova ended up winning by almost 40.

oh i didn't even watch the game, got hooked on breaking bad, lol.

almost 60% from 3 pt range yesterday. fucking crazy.

i know it's unlikely and i'm TOTALLY getting ahead of myself but i just want them to be able to avoid kentucky until the last possible chance they can. would love a 1 seed in the east. complete other side of bracket than kentucky plus more fans at their games in the 2nd weekend. something about being out in LA makes me nervous.

rooting for virgina to lose....

The Juggler said:

Virginia AND Duke lost?! Holy shit...stars might be aligning....

yeah i was pretty shocked. Earlier in the day PTI had a debate on of those two teams who had a better chance of losing. I think both said Virginia if they had to choose.

So guess that makes Nova the #2 team overall (as long as they beat Xavier tonight).

The Juggler said:

eeriepadave said:

The Juggler said:

Virginia AND Duke lost?! Holy shit...stars might be aligning....

yeah i was pretty shocked. Earlier in the day PTI had a debate on of those two teams who had a better chance of losing. I think both said Virginia if they had to choose.

So guess that makes Nova the #2 team overall (as long as they beat Xavier tonight).

yeah. if they are the 1 seed in the east, that would be the 2nd 1 seed.

let me guess, the pti guys didn't even mention nova at all, right?

well no they didn't. They were playing oddsmakers. and the question was who has a better shot at losing, Duke or Virginia?

Did you see the cover of the latest Sports Illustrated? Who can beat Kentucky? they named about 5 schools and none were Villanova.

WOOO!

cutz said:

I saw Trey Lowe(Temple recruit) play in the NJ State Semifinal game on Thur.s
He scored 27 pt.s .....9-19......3-7(3's)..... 6-11FT....6 reb.s.......4 ast.s

I will see him again in the State final on Sunday.

maybe nova will steal him too. hey oh!

almost time...

eeriepadave said:

Wow, surprised Temple didn't make it!

while UCLA is a joke Temple's resume wasn't all that strong. They had a losing record against the Top 200 teams in the nation and while finishing 4th in their league won zero games against the 3 teams ahead of them.

Nova got a great draw in my opinion. Top half is weak. I think they are a lock to get to the Final 8 where I think their toughest matchups are Michigan St (who will beat Virginia) and Oklahoma.

I think there are maybe 5 teams with any chance to beat Kentucky. Nova is one of them. Wisconsin and Arizona I think have the best chances. Duke because of their talent level and Coach K and I think because of their size North Carolina would have a shot. I think that's really it. I love Notre Dame and Maryland teams this year but don't see either of them beating Kentucky. Neither has enough size. bad draws for those 2 teams.