The Big 5 College Basketball Thread

eeriepadave said:

pjhawks said:

eeriepadave said:

nova/st. joe's in a few days.

Unfortunately my Hawks are playing without their two best players right now.  Lamarr Kimble out for the year with a broken foot and Charlie Brown out for at least another week with a broken wrist.  3rd best player Shavar Newkirk playing but just 9 months after major knee surgery (with no restrictions imagine that).  It's a shame because this was an NCAA Tournament team if those two would have been healthy all year. Coming into the season I thought they had a great shot to end Nova's Big 5 streak. Zero chance to beat Nova now without those two.

Temple and LaSalle are much improved this year.  Temple looks like a Tournament team to me.

thought the score might be a little closer, but yeah without those two it was a blowout

cutz said:

eeriepadave said:

Nova/Zags tonight

Thought it was gonna be a closer game.

Bridges was so good.

cutz said:

^^^^^I think, as of right now, you can say ther are about as good as the Championship team.  I see Spellman only getting better. I like to see Gillespe & Cosby-Roundtree to be able to contribute as the season goes along.

Man, you^^^^^ ain't lying: Bridges would look good in a Sixers uniform.  6' 7" who gets up & down the court and plays GREAT D and has improved his outside shot BIG time. If Sixers get the Lakers pick( unless by some miracle it's number 1) around 6-10 , Bridges could be ther for the taking. Unless he blows up completely  and he ends up being a top 5 pick?

The Juggler said:

cutz said:

^^^^^I think, as of right now, you can say ther are about as good as the Championship team.  I see Spellman only getting better. I like to see Gillespe & Cosby-Roundtree to be able to contribute as the season goes along.

Man, you^^^^^ ain't lying: Bridges would look good in a Sixers uniform.  6' 7" who gets up & down the court and plays GREAT D and has improved his outside shot BIG time. If Sixers get the Lakers pick( unless by some miracle it's number 1) around 6-10 , Bridges could be ther for the taking. Unless he blows up completely  and he ends up being a top 5 pick?

That dunk and then block on the other end of the court is the play of the year...and yes I know it's only 12/6.

pjhawks said:

The Juggler said:

eeriepadave said:

pjhawks said:

eeriepadave said:

nova/st. joe's in a few days.

Unfortunately my Hawks are playing without their two best players right now.  Lamarr Kimble out for the year with a broken foot and Charlie Brown out for at least another week with a broken wrist.  3rd best player Shavar Newkirk playing but just 9 months after major knee surgery (with no restrictions imagine that).  It's a shame because this was an NCAA Tournament team if those two would have been healthy all year. Coming into the season I thought they had a great shot to end Nova's Big 5 streak. Zero chance to beat Nova now without those two.

Temple and LaSalle are much improved this year.  Temple looks like a Tournament team to me.

thought the score might be a little closer, but yeah without those two it was a blowout

Gotta give St Joe's credit. They hung in there...for about 17 minutes. 

Would be awesome if another big five team could ever get their act together, crack the top 25 and give Nova a little competition. Kinda boring to steamroll all these teams year in, year out.

maybe but dissing the other schools kind of dismisses Jay and Nova's run here.  I think it's more about Nova really than the other teams.  Jay has Nova like Duke now in that their effort never wavers. they don't play down to their competition. Rollie and Lappas had more talent than the other Big 5 teams, except some of Chaney's teams, and they never steamrolled like this and they were never perennial top 5 teams like Jay has had the last few years.  Besides I think Temple is beating them this year.

pjhawks said:

The Juggler said:

pjhawks said:

The Juggler said:

eeriepadave said:

pjhawks said:

eeriepadave said:

nova/st. joe's in a few days.

Unfortunately my Hawks are playing without their two best players right now.  Lamarr Kimble out for the year with a broken foot and Charlie Brown out for at least another week with a broken wrist.  3rd best player Shavar Newkirk playing but just 9 months after major knee surgery (with no restrictions imagine that).  It's a shame because this was an NCAA Tournament team if those two would have been healthy all year. Coming into the season I thought they had a great shot to end Nova's Big 5 streak. Zero chance to beat Nova now without those two.

Temple and LaSalle are much improved this year.  Temple looks like a Tournament team to me.

thought the score might be a little closer, but yeah without those two it was a blowout

Gotta give St Joe's credit. They hung in there...for about 17 minutes. 

Would be awesome if another big five team could ever get their act together, crack the top 25 and give Nova a little competition. Kinda boring to steamroll all these teams year in, year out.

maybe but dissing the other schools kind of dismisses Jay and Nova's run here.  I think it's more about Nova really than the other teams.  Jay has Nova like Duke now in that their effort never wavers. they don't play down to their competition. Rollie and Lappas had more talent than the other Big 5 teams, except some of Chaney's teams, and they never steamrolled like this and they were never perennial top 5 teams like Jay has had the last few years.  Besides I think Temple is beating them this year.

....almost

so you're a hypocrite too huh?  You get you panties all in a tizzy when i called you out for being wrong about 8-8 would win the NFC East but now you want to call me out for a prediction?  typical two-faced bullshit from the folks around here but i just knew it would be so when i came to this site today.  and for good measure and for every day that ends is Y,   fuck nova