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Georgetown @ Butler (-11), 6:30pm
TV: CBSSN Andrew Catalon & Steve Lappas

Bemidji State @ Creighton, 8:00pm
TV: FS2 Steve Physioc & Nick Bahe

Mac, giving a protege a game. Initially thought to be conference mandated (as was in the MLK date games in the past) but not so this year.

I'd rather have played an old nemesis: UNÍ, Fresno St, CS Fullerton, W Kentucky, the Ragin Cajuns of Louisiana, or Southern Illinois. It's late to have a prime time OOC game.

gtmoBlue wrote:Mac, giving a protege a game. Initially thought to be conference mandated (as was in the MLK date games in the past) but not so this year.

I'd rather have played an old nemesis: UNÍ, Fresno St, CS Fullerton, W Kentucky, the Ragin Cajuns of Louisiana, or Southern Illinois. It's late to have a prime time OOC game.

I don't care what the reason is Big East schools should not play D2 schools

pki1998 wrote:

gtmoBlue wrote:Mac, giving a protege a game. Initially thought to be conference mandated (as was in the MLK date games in the past) but not so this year.

I'd rather have played an old nemesis: UNÍ, Fresno St, CS Fullerton, W Kentucky, the Ragin Cajuns of Louisiana, or Southern Illinois. It's late to have a prime time OOC game.

I don't care what the reason is Big East schools should not play D2 schools

yeah. I mean if St John's had played almost any one instead of Molloy, they're 13-13 and getting 4 more wins to include the BET=an easy NIT spot. But now they're 12-13 and getting 4 more wins to include BET means they're 16-16 and right on the bubble for the NIT even- and a 1st round loss would DQ them from the NIT as they would be 15-16.

kind of a critical game for Butler. A loss, and all of a sudden they're #45 in the RPI according to Warren Nolan's great impact games tool (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2018/ ... eam=Butler). 7-7 in conference play With 4 not so easy games left quite frankly(Providence, Creighton, @ St John's, and @ Seton Hall). A win tonight and while they don't move up would be 8-6 in conference play and would just need 1 of those final 4 games to feel locked in just about.

pki1998 wrote:

gtmoBlue wrote:Mac, giving a protege a game. Initially thought to be conference mandated (as was in the MLK date games in the past) but not so this year.

I'd rather have played an old nemesis: UNÍ, Fresno St, CS Fullerton, W Kentucky, the Ragin Cajuns of Louisiana, or Southern Illinois. It's late to have a prime time OOC game.

I don't care what the reason is Big East schools should not play D2 schools

Why? It's essentially another exhibition game; it doesn't count towards the NCAA tournament. Would you rather Creighton play some 300+ RPI team? There was a hole in the schedule, and they filled it. Who cares?

A good win by Georgetown. They seem to be playing better. Tough loss by Butler. A loss that could potentially put a dent in their NCAA tournament hopes.

All of the sudden, no one wants to be last in the Big East....

Georgetown deserved to win that one - good job by the Hoyas.

Looks like the league may only get 5 in. Don't see Butler being one of them.

Jet915 wrote:All of the sudden, no one wants to be last in the Big East....

LOL I've noticed. Tomorrow's loser will likely end up in last place, IMO.

The Big East tournament could turn out to be a doozy.