(3) Thursday Big East Games 11/21/19

[Omaha1]

A couple of days ago I thought the Hoyas might be near the bottom of the league. Today? Not so much.

[DeadHeadHoya]

H-O-Y-A-S

Bring it Duke

[Red Rooster]

We played up to our potential tonight.

If we can do it consistently we can play with anyone.

Yurtseven has to be smarter about the fouls though. But can't complain too much after such a great showing.

You're just a week removed from getting blown out by Penn State. Maybe, this is the team Georgetown will be throughout the season, as in up-and-down. Maybe, tonight was their coming out party. Maybe, tonight was just blip on the radar and the Penn State game is who'll they'll be against decent-to-good competition.

Actually, I thought Georgetown could win tonight, as there's something about Texas that doesn't impress me. Nevertheless, tonight was a good win, particularly from an optics standpoint.

I said if you ass. Hoyas played the penn state game like they were still in a closed door scrimmage. They played tonight like they were trying to win.

Played 11 players over 10 minutes against Penn state. Tonight only played 8 people that many minutes. They shortened the bench and were locked in defensively. If we play defense like that we can be good. If we don't we will be up and down again. We don't know yet what the team will be hence me saying if. but no reason to be negative after a performance like that.

Ha! A pussy like you talking trash over the internet is laughable. The keyword being "internet." I'll give you a chance to name call elsewhere. Regardless, you used the word "if" after an extremely, small sample in what could very, well be a mediocre Texas team, and said "play with anyone." That's an extrapolation of sorts, whether you try to deny it or not.

The defense worked tonight, which was a smart gameplan, because they didn't fear Texas from the outside. So, they lagged off Texas for the most part and kept the Longhorns from driving into the paint. Texas had no answer nor did they adjust, and that was ball game once Georgetown made their second half run.

The same defensive gameplan may not be a viable plan against another team (especially, if the opposition is known to be good, perimeter shooting team or gets hot from outside). Being Georgetown likes to play fast, then there will be some teams who'll speed them up and take them out of their halfcourt defense. Nonetheless, I said it was good win, fool(igan)! It was just an minute sample to take much out of it outside of being a good win.

[Westbrook#36]

UConn over a solid Buffalo team 79-68

Up next is Xavier tomorrow

[Red Rooster]

UConn over a solid Buffalo team 79-68

Up next is Xavier tomorrow

That should be an interesting one tomorrow.

[Django]

we are going to ad majorem their gloriam.

Good one

[MullinMayhem]

Congrats to the hated Hoyas! Awesome to see Ewing at MSG as a Knicks fan...was not expecting anything from G'Town. Actually was planning on watching but then I figured they'd get blown out after how awful they've looked so didn't. It's clear you guys need Mac to be consistently good if you guys are going to live up anywhere near your potential. What a great blowout at the Mecca under the bright lights throttling #22 Texas! These are the games we need more of OOC...major national brands, huge state schools from the F5 at MSG. I've been saying for years we need to schedule teams like Texas at MSG. West Virginia will be fun. Let's play teams like LSU, Florida, Notre Dame (I know it's private), UNC, Virginia, etc. These are the games that the casual fans will watch.

[Xuperman]

Congrats to VU for a sound thrashing of a over matched MTSU squad....especially from a BBIQ standpoint. IF Gillespie can play like that and INSPIRE your young roster, Nova will be there when the dust clears. GQJ just too good to expect otherwise.

XUP??? Is that you or did someone grab your phone to give props to nova? Lol, just kidding man. Tougher test tomorrow with Mississippi State. See you guys are up 13 now... good luck the rest of the tourney.

Hey man, why surprised? Show me where I posted anything NOT based on reality that can be considered bashing your team? I just got riled up by some arrogant jerks on a message board which did bash mine. It is amusing how this tickle fight got started, so for some stupid reason I will expend more energy on it.

I posted a comment on the “Nova still on top?” thread as to VU polling over XU. Even though X has returned almost all of the production from a team that played Nova to a virtual draw the last 3 games and pointed out that you guys lost the 2 ALL BE dudes that killed us! A very reasonable argument in the spirit of the thread. Next thing you know Gumby and his merry men, break out the “Mid Major” club and start wailing away. I took offense to it. NIT insults, really? It wasn’t that long ago that you guys were a staple in the NIT while X was making noise in the Big dance.

Obviously, you can only play in the conference you’re affiliated with...when we were in the A10 and played P6 teams OOC we took care of business on a regular basis. And by the time we were done in the A10 we had kicked ass and taken names. Fortunately conference realignment provided us with a major step up to High D1 joining the BEast.

On the other hand, I know you guys had your “uh oh” moment when most of the big boys bolted but you should be grateful that 3 quality programs were there to ease the pain. Yes, the Villanova juggernaut is off the chart. Going forward I think your recent dominance will greatly enhance the quality of ALL the teams in the league by association, but make no mistake, Xavier has done it’s share of heavy lifting.

[jbarajas0490]

Damn that Baylor game put me to sleep, made me miss the Georgetown game... The best win for the league so far.

[GumbyDamnit!]

Congrats to VU for a sound thrashing of a over matched MTSU squad....especially from a BBIQ standpoint. IF Gillespie can play like that and INSPIRE your young roster, Nova will be there when the dust clears. GQJ just too good to expect otherwise.

XUP??? Is that you or did someone grab your phone to give props to nova? Lol, just kidding man. Tougher test tomorrow with Mississippi State. See you guys are up 13 now... good luck the rest of the tourney.

Hey man, why surprised? Show me where I posted anything NOT based on reality that can be considered bashing your team? I just got riled up by some arrogant jerks on a message board which did bash mine. It is amusing how this tickle fight got started, so for some stupid reason I will expend more energy on it.

I posted a comment on the “Nova still on top?” thread as to VU polling over XU. Even though X has returned almost all of the production from a team that played Nova to a virtual draw the last 3 games and pointed out that you guys lost the 2 ALL BE dudes that killed us! A very reasonable argument in the spirit of the thread. Next thing you know Gumby and his merry men, break out the “Mid Major” club and start wailing away. I took offense to it. NIT insults, really? It wasn’t that long ago that you guys were a staple in the NIT while X was making noise in the Big dance.

Obviously, you can only play in the conference you’re affiliated with...when we were in the A10 and played P6 teams OOC we took care of business on a regular basis. And by the time we were done in the A10 we had kicked ass and taken names. Fortunately conference realignment provided us with a major step up to High D1 joining the BEast.

On the other hand, I know you guys had your “uh oh” moment when most of the big boys bolted but you should be grateful that 3 quality programs were there to ease the pain. Yes, the Villanova juggernaut is off the chart. Going forward I think your recent dominance will greatly enhance the quality of ALL the teams in the league by association, but make no mistake, Xavier has done it’s share of heavy lifting.

It's interesting that you claim that X fans were just dealing in facts and yet you seem very put off by the fact that I called out that you were an NIT team last year. Is that some untruth? I also stated that your current core are not great outside shooters, which could be a major factor in whether you are a good or great team. I've seen the same stated by your own fans. Am I off base in that concern?

I'm not interested in picking at old wounds...fans defend their programs, often passionately. I would say that all fan bases on HLOH do the same (except maybe Demon22 who can officially start doing the same now, lol). I will repost what I said in that thread: "This thread is all about bluster. You guys are feeling confident. That's fine. Your team and your coach will have to prove it on the court." That is the nice things about boards like this. We can easily look back when the season is over and gauge if our predictions are/were accurate.

Lastly I will again reiterate the following. I wish X well. I like their program. I'm glad they are part of the league. I look forward to competitive games with X in the future.