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so looking at the 1st week schedule a bit early with KP projections

Dec 28 DePaul @ Villanova Nova 99% 85-61
Dec 28 Seton Hall @ Creighton Creighton 75% 83-76
Dec 28 Georgetown @ Marquette- Marquette 70% 87-81
Dec 28 Providence @ Xavier- Xavier 77% 73-65
Dec 29 Butler @ St John's Butler 81% 80-71

Dec 31 Villanova @ Creighton Villanova 63% 79-76
Dec 31 Xavier @ Georgetown Xavier 54% 77-75
Jan 1 Providence @ Butler Butler 79% 73-64
Jan 1 St John's @ DePaul DePaul 55% 78-77
Jan 1 Marquette @ Seton Hall Seton Hall 59% 84-81

Villanova 2-0
Xavier 2-0
Butler 2-0
Creighton 1-1
DePaul 1-1
Seton Hall 1-1
Marquette 1-1
Georgetown 0-2
Providence 0-2
St John's 0-2

If Nova wins Saturday at Creighton, they will have earned it. No one is giving up their tickets, and even SRO is sold out already. It will be loud, and I am not sure KP accurately predicts that. What is a sold-out new years eve at the Clink against the #1 team in the country worth? 5-7 points?

Sure am glad the Friars have a relatively easy schedule to start.

The beauty of the conference is that all that implies is PC will have a conversely reasonable weekend. The round robin should be protected like not much else.

I totally agree, that's why I don't even read the conference realignment threads. Although starting 0-2 after two very tough road games to start the season is tough on a young team. The chance of winning one of those games improves later in the season as a young team matures. That's my opinion anyway.

FriarJ wrote:Sure am glad the Friars have a relatively easy schedule to start.

Don't worry. I'm sure we'll mysteriously play like crap against you guys like always. Seems to be our routine every year.

FriarJ wrote:Sure am glad the Friars have a relatively easy schedule to start.

Look at the bright side, although the Cintas Center will be sold out, the students are on break, which certainly lowers the noise level.

If a conference play opener on your home court could ever be a trap game, this may be it for Creighton.

Hall2012 wrote:If a conference play opener on your home court could ever be a trap game, this may be it for Creighton.

Nice Call Hall. Jay fans, please chill on the blue koolaid talk till the 29th, K?

No koolaid here, especially after the last game, so no need for the . Loosing to Hall doesn't change the dynamics of the Nova game. No freebies in the Beast. You can lose any game, to anyone, at anytime.