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Another great year tips off in the Big East this week.

Tuesday, November 6th, 2018:

Siena at Providence, 6:30pm.
Loyola (MD) at St John's, 6:30pm.
Wagner at Seton Hall, 6:30pm, at Walsh Gym.
Morgan State at National Champion #9 Villanova, 7pm.

IUPUI at Xavier, 8:30pm.
Maryland Eastern Shore at Georgetown, 8:30pm.
Western Illinois at Creighton, 8:30pm.
UMBC at Marquette, 9pm.

Should be a fun night of great basketball.

Wednesday's headlines:
Saints Come Marching Into the Dunk, But Stagger Home (works in a couple of layers).
Ponds Outruns Greyhounds at Carnesecca.
Seahawks Get Wings Clipped at Walsh.
National Champions Start Title Defense The Wright Way.

Stainless Steele Gets First Win.
Govan Scores 50 As Hoyas Roll UMES.
Jays Turn Western Illinois Blue.
Theo John Scores 50 As Warr--.... ehhh, no... Cinderella Retrievers Put On Leash By Warriors...

Go get 'em guys!

That's a sneaky game with IUPUI. They'll probably finish in the top 3 or 4 of the Horizon. That's not a walk.

Tuesday is a kind of day with the new NET ratings where any game that is close on Tuesday will hurt the league. In Ken Pom- all 8 Big East teams favored by at least 14 points. Where before with the RPI just winning was the important thing. Having these all be at least 10 point wins now is the crucial part of Tuesday and days like it where not playing good teams at all(best team by KP rating #234 UMBC).

6:30 PM: Wagner @ Seton Hall, FS2
Dave Sims, Jim Spanarkel

6:30 PM: Loyola @ St. John's, FSN
John Fanta, Sarah Kustok
AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh
FOX Sports Arizona PLUS+
FOX Sports Florida
FOX Sports North PLUS
FOX Sports San Diego
FOX Sports South+
FOX Sports Wisconsin PLUS
MASN2
Prime Ticket
SportsTime Ohio
YES

6:30PM Siena @ Providence, FSN
AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain+
FOX Sports Arizona PLUS+
FOX Sports Detroit PLUS
FOX Sports Sun
FOX Sports North
FOX Sports West
FOX Sports Wisconsin
Cox YurView - New England

7:00PM: Morgan State @ 9 Villanova, FS1
Tim Brando & Donny Marshall

8:30PM: IUPUI @ Xavier FS2
Rich Waltz and Jordan Cornette.

8:30PM: Western Illinois @ Creighton, FSN
Jay Alter, Nick Bahe
FOX Sports Detroit PLUS
FOX Sports Midwest+
FOX Sports North PLUS
FOX Sports Sun
FOX Sports Wisconsin PLUS
WMEU / WCIU-DT2 - Chicago

8:30PM: UMES @ Georgetown, FSN
Wayne Randazzo & Dickie Simpkins
AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh
FOX Sports Arizona PLUS+
FOX Sports Florida
FOX Sports South
MASN2
SportsTime Ohio

9:15PM: UMBC @ Marquette, FS1
Brian Anderson, Stephan Bardo

Dang FSN games, one of the few times I cant watch my Jays....

stever20 wrote:Tuesday is a kind of day with the new NET ratings where any game that is close on Tuesday will hurt the league. In Ken Pom- all 8 Big East teams favored by at least 14 points. Where before with the RPI just winning was the important thing. Having these all be at least 10 point wins now is the crucial part of Tuesday and days like it where not playing good teams at all(best team by KP rating #234 UMBC).

Dude, did you really say “crucial” as it relates to opening night? My man, you really need to get laid...and soon.

Crucial?

GumbyDamnit! wrote:

stever20 wrote:Tuesday is a kind of day with the new NET ratings where any game that is close on Tuesday will hurt the league. In Ken Pom- all 8 Big East teams favored by at least 14 points. Where before with the RPI just winning was the important thing. Having these all be at least 10 point wins now is the crucial part of Tuesday and days like it where not playing good teams at all(best team by KP rating #234 UMBC).

Dude, did you really say “crucial” as it relates to opening night? My man, you really need to get laid...and soon.

Crucial?

I said nights like Tuesday.... Given there are only 30-31 data points- individual games mean quite bit. For 2 of the 8 teams playing on Tuesday- their opponent is their easiest of the season. A 3rd is the 2nd easiest. Also these are the kind of games that I know in Ken Pom will ding your rating 7-10+ spots easily, even in a win.

stever20 wrote:Tuesday is a kind of day with the new NET ratings where any game that is close on Tuesday will hurt the league. In Ken Pom- all 8 Big East teams favored by at least 14 points. Where before with the RPI just winning was the important thing. Having these all be at least 10 point wins now is the crucial part of Tuesday and days like it where not playing good teams at all(best team by KP rating #234 UMBC).

Citing KP preseason rankings tells us nothing about how good teams will be. Those will change wildly and rapidly once games are played.

It's more crucial for teams like St. John's than others. But it's supposed to be capped at 10, so the difference between a 9 point win and a double digit win probably ends up being negligible.

Hope we don't continue the habit of playing as low as our competition. With the amount of talent and experience we have, we should be routinely crushing cupcakes. Cal, Rutgers, Georgia Tech, Temple, etc. will be nailbiters we just have to find a way to win. Duke is really the only game OOC where it would not be a surprise if we lost. We were in almost every game to the end last year, but we could not close and we choked in the final minutes. That can't be the case this year. We have as much talent on paper as much of the ranked teams do starting the year. This will be the year Mullin breaks through (tourney berth) or resigns.

Wishing health and good luck to my Johnnies and our other Big East brothers!