Non Big East Games of Interest - 2016-17

[anXUfan]

X was doing it with smoke, mirrors and Semaj that first season.

[marquette]

Wisconsin and Syracuse playing right, now. UW up by 11 with 11:25 left. Interesting game for MU, CU, GU, and BU.

[Jet915]

Wisconsin beats Syracuse but NC State loses to Illinois so a wash for Creighton...

[milksteak]

UT-Arlington won at Texas last night.

[Bill Marsh]

UT-Arlington won at Texas last night.

Do you think this loss puts Smart's career there in jeopardy?

[Bluejay]

UT-Arlington won at Texas last night.

Do you think this loss puts Smart's career there in jeopardy?

Nope. Shaka has a much deeper coaching resume of success than a Chris Mullin.

[Bill Marsh]

UT-Arlington won at Texas last night.

Do you think this loss puts Smart's career there in jeopardy?

Nope. Shaka has a much deeper coaching resume of success than a Chris Mullin.

Irrelevant. Mullin has much deeper roots at SJU than Shaka has at UT, a loss to a lower level local rival is a much bigger deal at UT than any loss is at SJU, and overall expectations are much higher at UT than at SJU.

Actually I don't think either of the, are in trouble. I was just trying to tweak Stever.

[stever20]

wow George Mason just beat Northern Iowa on the road. The Valley sinks further down.

[Jet915]

Atleast per Warren Nolan, ACC now number 1 in RPI thanks to their strong showing in ACC/B1G Challenge and SJU loss from yesterday...

[Bill Marsh]

A "must see" game this weekend is West Virginia @ Virginia. It should be a classic. The 2 teams are 1-2 in the country in scoring margin, but they get there in completely opposite ways. This should be the proverbial game between a rock and a hard place. Virginia is undefeated and West Virginia has 1 loss vs Temple.

West Virginia averages 95 ppg and has already gone over 100 three times this year. They lead the nation in forced turnovers (27.3 tpg) with a high of 40! They forced 24 in blowing out Illinois.

Virginia gives up only 41 ppg and turns the ball over only 8.5 times per game, 2nd fewest in the nation, with a low of 5 in blowing out Iowa.

On paper, the 2 teams are evenly matched with home court advantage to UVA. If this were tournament time, I'd be picking Virginia, but the strange dynamics involved make me think that this could be a big night for West Virginia. If they can get an early lead and force Virginia to play from behind, it's their game to lose. At this time of year, I think the Mountaineers can do that.

Two great coaches.