(3) Big East Turkey Day Games

[Xuperman]

SJU has forced 19 TO's in 21 minutes..... let that sink in!

Johnnie's pulling away.

[GumbyDamnit!]

Posh Alexander is my new favorite non-nova player.

Posh...my favorite Spice Girl and my favorite BE Frosh. (I’m revealing my advanced age with that one).

[Django]

LaSalle with an 8-0 run to cut it to 8!

[XUFan09]

I think Odom will be a player for sure and you just have to accept that Frosh are going to be Frosh. But clearly the kid has that killer / aggressive mentality. That’s a great trait to have. He’ll be a pain in the ass for the rest of us in due time. Paul played more like a Sr Alpha which you guys will need. Love Free’a game but he’s a bit like JRE for us that I think he’s more of a natural 4 but needs to play the 5. You guys got bullied a bit today. Against teams like PC and Marq, who have significant size, that might be a problem. You’re a young team; it’ll take some time and after all a win is a win.

This was a little more than just a win. Not only in how we survived but when considering the competition.... Bradley looks like they are going to be a very tough out. Will end up looking pretty good on our resume if we can scratch our way into the Big Dance conversation. Looks to be a Quad 1 win.

BTW, if that box score for X was a woman.....it would be Phyllis Diller.

I agree that it ended up being a good experience for Xavier, because Bradley proved themselves to be a tough team. Xavier could have performed better on the offensive end, but they got some exposure to size and pressure while maintaining defensive pressure on the other end. On a technical level, it's unlikely to be a Quad 1 win, because that's really tough at home; it has to be a NET top 30 team. It *could* be a Quad 2 win (31 to 75), but at minimum I'm confident it's at least a Quad 3 (76-160).

[Xuperman]

Ok,
I was thinking Quad 1 was top 50 net.

[sju88grad]

Posh Alexander is my new favorite non-nova player.

Posh...my favorite Spice Girl and my favorite BE Frosh. (I’m revealing my advanced age with that one).

LOL....Posh is so much fun to watch and Vince Cole and Isaih Moore seem to be great additions. Johnnies looked much better today compared to last night but definitely a work in progress. Last night all the newbies carried the team. Today was more balanced.

BC up next on Monday. I’ve always hated them so that game will have my anxiety level way up.

[Xuperman]

St. John's stays in team character and harasses LaSalle all 40 and cruises for the dub.

This Cole guy is a Bouknight doppelganger. His game is strikingly similar and his physical build is very close also.

[kayako]

Posh Alexander is my new favorite non-nova player.

Posh...my favorite Spice Girl and my favorite BE Frosh. (I’m revealing my advanced age with that one).

LOL....Posh is so much fun to watch and Vince Cole and Isaih Moore seem to be great additions. Johnnies looked much better today compared to last night but definitely a work in progress. Last night all the newbies carried the team. Today was more balanced.

BC up next on Monday. I’ve always hated them so that game will have my anxiety level way up.

I chose to watch your Johnnies instead of KU-Zags game and I was rewarded. Posh looks like the perfect coach Anderson PG. Seems like Anderson can coach up 10 juco players into a competent division 1 team. Very impressive. I'd love to see what he can do with a few dead-eye shooters on the roster.

[Xudash]

Posh Alexander is my new favorite non-nova player.

Posh...my favorite Spice Girl and my favorite BE Frosh. (I’m revealing my advanced age with that one).

What do you think just happened with Xup and his reference to Phyls Diller! May as well crank up a Dean Martin Celebrity Roast from Vegas.

[XUFan09]

Ok,
I was thinking Quad 1 was top 50 net.

All good. That's on a neutral court, and then Quad 2 on a neutral court is 51 to 100. On home court, it's more restricted. Quad 1 wins are far more likely on the road just because there are more opportunities, since any road game vs. a top 75 opponent is Quad 1.