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Why is Baldi at this game instead of Iona in the MAC tourney" 

Why is Baldi at this game instead of Iona in the MAC tourney" 

I'd rather go to Milwaukee than Albany.

My niece is on Marquette dance team. Family trip to visit once a year

Hey Marco, your boy Donte made the game saving play that won't show up in the box score by tipping the ball out of Delgado's hands as he attempted a put back of his own miss in the final seconds.

The Big East couldn't ask for a better tournament this year. Attendance way up. Hope we get a great title game.

The Big East couldn't ask for a better tournament this year. Attendance way up. Hope we get a great title game.

Yup, usually is a great tournament, played with high intensity and with engaged crowds. Would like for us to make a deep run some day, preferably before I croak.

Yup.  Our Nova blow out was the only bad game.  And our first round game against Georgetown had 15,000 and an electric atmosphere.  Name another first round tourney game in one of these other leagues that can match how MSG was Wednesday night?

Great tournament and tonight was incredible. Crowd was great and the games were amazing. Proud to be a in the Big East and as others have said let's close it out with another good one tomorrow.

Yup.  Our Nova blow out was the only bad game.  And our first round game against Georgetown had 15,000 and an electric atmosphere.  Name another first round tourney game in one of these other leagues that can match how MSG was Wednesday night?

You thought the Providence/Creighton game was good?

IMO, that was one of the most unwatchable non-SJU games that I have ever seen.

Hey Marco, your boy Donte made the game saving play that won't show up in the box score by tipping the ball out of Delgado's hands as he attempted a put back of his own miss in the final seconds.

Yup.  And he got the big rebound when nova was down 1 on the possesion leading to the Jenkins missed 3/Hart layup

Tremont Waters, Georgetown's best recruit, wants out from his NLI.  Ouch, hits keep coming for JTIII.

For the record the BE intra-conference transfer rules include players who have signed NLI's with another member.  In other words assuming he is released Waters is ineligible to sign with another BE school.

Quote from: Celtics11 on March 10, 2017, 11:16:34 PM

Hey Marco, your boy Donte made the game saving play that won't show up in the box score by tipping the ball out of Delgado's hands as he attempted a put back of his own miss in the final seconds.

Yup.  And he got the big rebound when nova was down 1 on the possesion leading to the Jenkins missed 3/Hart layup

That's one way of rationalizing his 7 ppg average this tournament in games against teams not named St. John's.

Quote from: Marco Baldi on March 11, 2017, 07:39:17 AM

Quote from: Celtics11 on March 10, 2017, 11:16:34 PM

Hey Marco, your boy Donte made the game saving play that won't show up in the box score by tipping the ball out of Delgado's hands as he attempted a put back of his own miss in the final seconds.

Yup.  And he got the big rebound when nova was down 1 on the possesion leading to the Jenkins missed 3/Hart layup

That's one way of rationalizing his 7 ppg average this tournament in games against teams not named St. John's.

Yeah cause we're not a legit team. Love when people say let's take the best game or games from someone to give them a new average, how about taking their worse games out. He is a redshirt fr who doesn't start for a championship caliber team. You wouldn't take his contributions on our powerhouse?

Providence falling apart here in the 2nd half against SC.

Once up 15 at halftime now down 7 with 3 minutes to go.  A 22 point swing.

Man I would have liked to see Prov win for the conference but there is another side to me not mad at all that diseased head had a heart breaking end of the season.

Man I would have liked to see Prov win for the conference but there is another side to me not mad at all that diseased head had a heart breaking end of the season.

I said a few days ago that the Big East probably won't fare well in the tournament, and Providence has started it off. 

I didn't care one way or another tonight as I'm not particularly a fan of the Friars.

Just remember this statistic when you put so much emphasis on the NCAA Tourney and how good a program or conference is..  Do you know how many Sweet 16's Jay Wright and Villanova have been to the last 8 years?  1, last year's NC run.

They have been a 2 seed 2 times (2010, 2014,) a 1 seed twice  (2015 and 2017), a 9 seed twice (2011 and 2013) and missed the Tourney altogether in 2012.  So 7 times in 8 years including 4 times when they were either a 1 or 2 seed they have failed to make it out of the 1st weekend.

Think about that, and they are by a COUNTRY MILE, the class of the Big East.

Just remember this statistic when you put so much emphasis on the NCAA Tourney and how good a program or conference is..  Do you know how many Sweet 16's Jay Wright and Villanova have been to the last 8 years?  1, last year's NC run.

They have been a 2 seed 2 times (2010, 2014,) a 1 seed twice  (2015 and 2017), a 9 seed twice (2011 and 2013) and missed the Tourney altogether in 2012.  So 7 times in 8 years including 4 times when they were either a 1 or 2 seed they have failed to make it out of the 1st weekend.

Think about that, and they are by a COUNTRY MILE, the class of the Big East.

You just made a compelling argument that the BE sucks, and how far away we are from being any good. 

Quote from: fordham96 on March 18, 2017, 10:55:09 PM

Just remember this statistic when you put so much emphasis on the NCAA Tourney and how good a program or conference is..  Do you know how many Sweet 16's Jay Wright and Villanova have been to the last 8 years?  1, last year's NC run.

They have been a 2 seed 2 times (2010, 2014,) a 1 seed twice  (2015 and 2017), a 9 seed twice (2011 and 2013) and missed the Tourney altogether in 2012.  So 7 times in 8 years including 4 times when they were either a 1 or 2 seed they have failed to make it out of the 1st weekend.

Think about that, and they are by a COUNTRY MILE, the class of the Big East.

You just made a compelling argument that the BE sucks, and how far away we are from being any good. 

No I made an argument about how measuring a conference and coaches by NCAA wins and losses can be misleading.  It's a one and done scenario where bad matchup and mis-seedings happen.  Put it to you another way, Mark Gottfried has more second weekend appearances over that period than does Jay Wright.  Who is a better coach by far and who just got fired?

In other news, JT III made $3.67mm in 2014: http://www.casualhoya.com/2017/3/20/14976582/john-thompson-iii-salary-is-higher-than-thought-georgetown-hoyas-basketball-coach

Per Goodman, another hit for the Hoyas

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