Big East 2024 -25 Results

[panda]

Cooley needs to get his squad going. Big East cannot be losing games like this.

They'll win this one.

[jfp61]

They'll win this one.

Another single digit win haha.

[MuggsyB]

I guess they woke up.

[Billy Hoyle]

I guess they woke up.

Can't quite put them away. Bynum with multiple air balls as the shot clock expired.

Rider with a final possession to win and the dude trips over his own foot.

[panda]

Another single digit win haha.

Lol - now that was a lucky win

[Herman Cain]

I guess they woke up.

The league needed the win

[MuggsyB]

Did anyone watch Purdue today?

[jfp61]

Lol - now that was a lucky win

The rider guard did what Marcus Howard did on NMD against them in like 2017-18. wild

[Herman Cain]

Coppin State and Georgetown tied 53-53 with 11:46 left second half

[MuggsyB]

Wow. Gtown in enormous trouble. 

[MUDPT]

Did anyone watch Purdue today?

I didn't, but my dad did, and here was his report:
Yes.  It appears they have a long way to go to be a good team.  The Freshman point guard did an excellent job, but I did not see any other strong ball handlers.  Also, I thought they struggled getting Edey the ball down low.  They'll get better.  I heard the announcers say that Milwaukee's coach was a former Marquette assistant.

[Billy Hoyle]

Wow. Gtown in enormous trouble.

The backcourt made the plays down the stretch. That said, they're bad.

[DFW HOYA]

That was a bad, bad game.

[JWags85]

Providence is terrible. Cellar dwellers this year, save DePaul.

I was ready to eat my words.  With like 8 min left, they were up double digits, and I was like, good for them.  Their defense was intense the first chunk of the second half...then they went back to sleep and let Rider get back into it.

Jared Bynum is a pretty decent player, but no way do I want him playing iso step back ball in critical situations, yuck

[Scoop Snoop]

That was a bad, bad game.

And Coppin State played the previous evening. That may well be what saved Georgetown.

[Herman Cain]

Monmouth at Seton Hall

Battle of Jersey

[The Equalizer]

I didn't, but my dad did, and here was his report:
Yes.  It appears they have a long way to go to be a good team.  The Freshman point guard did an excellent job, but I did not see any other strong ball handlers.  Also, I thought they struggled getting Edey the ball down low.  They'll get better.  I heard the announcers say that Milwaukee's coach was a former Marquette assistant.

I had to check . . . I missed the news that they hired Bart Lundy, former Buzz assistant. 

[panda]

I was ready to eat my words.  With like 8 min left, they were up double digits, and I was like, good for them.  Their defense was intense the first chunk of the second half...then they went back to sleep and let Rider get back into it.

Jared Bynum is a pretty decent player, but no way do I want him playing iso step back ball in critical situations, yuck

Yea I'm not seeing them as the middle of the pack talent they're projected as.

Returning players are fine but not game changers and the transfers coming in are meh.

They don't have much going for them aside from the Ed Cooley mystique.

[Its DJOver]

It would be pretty foolish to write off Providence after one less-than stellar Nov game that they still won.

In 19-20 they had a non-conference stretch of 2-5 ball with losses to Penn, Long Beach State, Charleston, Rhode Island, and a blow out loss to Florida, with their wins being a 3 point win against Pepperdine, and a 4 point win against Stony Brook. They then proceeded to go 12-6 in conference, including a sweep of MU, and would have been safely in the field. 

[panda]

It would be pretty foolish to write off Providence after one less-than stellar Nov game that they still won.

In 19-20 they had a non-conference stretch of 2-5 ball with losses to Penn, Long Beach State, Charleston, Rhode Island, and a blow out loss to Florida, with their wins being a 3 point win against Pepperdine, and a 4 point win against Stony Brook. They then proceeded to go 12-6 in conference, including a sweep of MU, and would have been safely in the field.

David Duke and Alpha Diallo ain't walkin through the door this year.

[Its DJOver]

David Duke and Alpha Diallo ain't walkin through the door this year.

And Ed Cooley ain't leaving mid-season. It's one game in November, let's try not to read to much into it.

[panda]

And Ed Cooley ain't leaving mid-season. It's one game in November, let's try not to read to much into it.

Can't put the toothpaste back into the tube

[jfp61]

David Duke and Alpha Diallo ain't walkin through the door this year.

I thought Noah Locke was one of the worst transfers this year. He was very bad at Louisville. He can really only play an off ball combo guard. And his one marketable talent his is three point shooting. He shot 34% last season and he shot 2-8 in his first game.

Bynum needed a big guard next to him. Their guard defense has a ceiling.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

David Duke and Alpha Diallo ain't walkin through the door this year.

I mean, Providence having a weak non-con followed by a strong Big East season is pretty much a yearly tradition:

22 (NCAA 4 seed): struggled vs. #206 Fairfield, #243 New Hampshire, #87 Northwestern and lost by 18 to #72 Virginia
21 (No postseason): struggled vs. #70 Davidson, #140 TCU, lost by 21 to #50 Indiana, and no big wins
20 (Likely NCAAT or NIT bid): struggled vs. #139 Pepperdine, #192 Stony Brook, lost to #131 Northwestern, #141 Penn, #287 Long Beach State, #170 Charleston, #65 Rhode Island, #32 Florida (by 32) and no big wins
19 (NIT 4 seed): struggled vs. #267 Siena, #239 Holy Cross, #211 Fairleigh Dickinson, #142 Rhode Island, #127 Boston College, lost to #66 Wichita State, #6 Michigan (by 19), and #236 Umass
18 (NCAA 10 seed): Struggled vs #98 Washington, #83 Belmont, #145 Rider, #267 Brown, #223 Stony Brook, lost to #117 Minnesota (by 12), #52 Rhode Island, #207 UMass, and no big wins
17 (NCAA 11 seed): Struggled vs #101 Memphis, #158 Umass, lost to #73 Ohio State and #173 Boston College
16 (NCAA 9 seed): Struggled vs #125 Illinois, #202 NJIT, #72 Evansville, #82 Rhode Island, #346 Brant, and #223 Rider
15 (NCAA 6 seed): Struggled vs #131 Albany, #77 Yale, lost to #110 Boston College, and #268 Brown
14 (NCAA 11 seed): Struggled vs #142 Boston College, #162 Brown, #109 Vanderbilt, #105 Lasalle, #271 Fairfield, #115 Rhode Island, #153 Rhode Island, and no big wins

I also don't believe that Providence will be as good as some have projected them to be, but I don't think struggling against #174 Rider in their opener is enough evidence to declare it so.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Georgetown really only went 6 deep in a 45 minute game against a high calorie cupcake. 4 players went 42 minutes or more. Wahab fouled out in 15 minutes and Bristol Jr played 29 minutes off the bench (while also fouling out). 3 other players combined for 10 minutes, 0 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists, 0 steals, 1 block, 1 turnover, 0 FGAs, 0 FTAs.

Feels like having only 6 games that you can trust to play more than 4 minutes in an OT game against Coppin State is not a recipe for success. But they did snap that 21 game losing streak!