Mon 11/14 5g: SJU-bing VU-pur X-buff PC-uvm MU-how

[adoraz]

KenPom:

87-65 Marquette (98.0%)
87-72 Xavier (91.0%)
77-64 St. John's (88.0%)
77-70 Providence (73.0%)
76-74 Villanova (61.0%)

Should go at least 4-1. I'm hoping for 5-0.

Odds we go 5-0 are 35%. I'd happily take 4-1 as long as SJU isn't the team to lose.

[Jet915]

Hopefully no worse than 4-1 but Nova and PC games are gonna be close.

[Red Rooster]

Frankly, I see the Johnnies winning by, at least, 20 or more.

[milksteak]

Please try to avoid starting threads for buy games guys. We have the Gameday threads for a reason.

[marquette]

5-0. Let's get it done.

[marquette]

I'm going to merge these. Seems more concise and keeps the conversation from splitting.

St. John's with the 1 point lead, we'll see if Binghamton can keep up with them.

[marquette]

Nice! SJU looking like they're putting it together. Up 12.

[micgoG'town]

gonna be fun listening to Big 10 announcers show they have no clue what a blocking call looks like.

[marquette]

This Nova game is a little bit of an emotional roller coaster for me. Get 'em Nova! PC up 6 at the half is a decent start, SJ with a 17 point lead, X also up 17. Good start so far.

[SJHooper]

Started off very slow again...2nd half turned it on...again. Binghamton was clearly better than Bethune-Cookman. This was the first game LoVett and Ponds really showed how dangerous they are together. 23 pts for LoVett and 21 for Ponds. LoVett was an absolute beast and is a relentless scorer...has a much better shot than advertised IMO. Ponds can shoot too but he's more smooth and more likely to pick your pocket on D. 23 and 21 as FRESHMEN! Imagine these guys with more experience and adding Simon the 5 star Arizona guard transfer next year? Man...guards for days. Once again my only concern are our bigs who for the most part cannot handle passes and routinely miss bunny shots under the rim. The score of this game was very misleading and would have been a 30+ margin if we didn't let up. Owens shows more upside than Sima or Yakwe at this point which is concerning. Idk what happened to Yakwe and Sima but they look lost. Either way, 2-0 got the W and move on to the real tests Minny and Michigan St. These games coming up are just gravy if we win either.