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Nova pounding Cuse early 20-5.  Cuse calls time out.  Hope they keep rolling.

Forget Tyler Ennis hitting any freshman walls. Super  PG!

@jeffborzello: Tyler Ennis' season-high for turnovers in a game is two. That's tremendous for a frosh PG who plays 32 mins per game.

@AdamZagoria: Halftime: No. 2 Syracuse 38, No. 8 Villanova 34. Fair & Cooney 11 apiece, Ennis w/ 9. Bell w/ 11 for Nova.

Forget Tyler Ennis hitting any freshman walls. Super  PG!

@jeffborzello: Tyler Ennis' season-high for turnovers in a game is two. That's tremendous for a frosh PG who plays 32 mins per game.

@AdamZagoria: Halftime: No. 2 Syracuse 38, No. 8 Villanova 34. Fair & Cooney 11 apiece, Ennis w/ 9. Bell w/ 11 for Nova.

Villanova led 25-7 and lost by 16.  A 34 point swing, 71-37 Cuse.  Someone said Nova was better then Cuse on this board, no?  LOL!!!

We lost by 5,they lost by 16.  We're better than Nova!

Wonder what his entourage thinks now?

@IAmDPick: Marquette alum Vander Blue who went to training camp with 76ers, registers back-to-back DNPs for Maccabi Rishon, will soon be released.

I know this year's draft is a lot better, but you never know how Blue could have improved his game with another year at Marquette.  I hope our underclassmen and the people who have their ear consider this and many other examples (and yes I know there are some that have gone the other way).

Quote from: paultzman on December 28, 2013, 03:01:27 PM

Forget Tyler Ennis hitting any freshman walls. Super  PG!

@jeffborzello: Tyler Ennis' season-high for turnovers in a game is two. That's tremendous for a frosh PG who plays 32 mins per game.

@AdamZagoria: Halftime: No. 2 Syracuse 38, No. 8 Villanova 34. Fair & Cooney 11 apiece, Ennis w/ 9. Bell w/ 11 for Nova.

Villanova led 25-7 and lost by 16.  A 34 point swing, 71-37 Cuse.  Someone said Nova was better then Cuse on this board, no?  LOL!!!

Point Fordham96  
I turned the game off with like seven minutes to play and it was still within like five or six.  The game was in Syracuse, though, and the Dome(over 28,000 fans for this one) might be the biggest home court advantage in all of college basketball.  Remember, Xavier beat Tennessee at home this year by five and then lost on a neutral court to the same Tennessee team by FIFTEEN a week later.  And last year, Nova lost at Cuse by 9 and then beat them at home two weeks later.

Btw, Bryce Cotton is so impressive. He played 45 minutes in OT loss to UMass & plays major minutes on depleted team.  He  is too small for NBA, but is the kind of tough, clutch, talented college player to enjoy. To think he almost left Providence.

Stainbrook and Garrett Earn Men's Basketball Weekly Honors
Billy Garrett's game-winning bucket highlights week of play.
   

Matt Stainbrook

Dec. 30, 2013

BIG EAST PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Matt Stainbrook, C, Xavier
Stainbrook registered game highs of 21 points and 10 rebounds in a 68-53 win against Wake Forest in the Musketeers’ only game of the week.  He shot 9-of-12 from the floor.  For the season, Stainbrook is averaging 11.2 points and 8.5 rebounds.  His rebound average ranks third in the BIG EAST.

BIG EAST ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Billy Garrett, Jr., G, DePaul
Garrett, Jr. hit a short jumper as time expired to give the Blue Demons a 57-56 victory at Northwestern.  For the game, he scored nine points, dished four assists and blocked two shots.

BIG EAST HONOR ROLL
Khyle Marshall, F, Butler
Scored a game-high 21 points in a 66-48 win against NJIT.  Shot 8-of-10 from the floor and grabbed five rebounds.

Doug McDermott, F, Creighton
Had 24 points, six rebounds and four assists in a 90-58 win against Chicago State.

Bryce Cotton, G, Providence
Had a game-high 24 points, five rebounds and five assists in a 69-67 overtime loss at Massachusetts.

Eugene Teague, F, Seton Hall
Scored 18 points on 7-of-8 shooting and grabbed 11 rebounds in a 90-58 win over Lafayette.

James Bell, G, Villanova
Posted a game-high 25 points, including six 3-pointers, in a 78-62 loss at No. 2/2 Syracuse.

Bell is the most improved player in the conference.  Incredible.

While upset by our loss, thought "opening" night on Fox was a great start for the new league.  New members bring exciting college venues for college Bball.

@AndrewGruman: Buzz on Davante Gardner: "He doesn't work hard enough to be consistent. I'm not mad at him. I tell him that all the time." #mubb

@AndrewGruman: Buzz on Davante: "I wouldn't tell you that without telling him that. He's disappointed in himself. The only way to break out of that is work

@EyeOnCBB: ICYMI, a Big East Conference reset http://t.co/GRUfgq83mv

Seton hall has the 330th worst sos? Nice of them to drag down the league.

Guard U strikes again with another heady, smart four star player;

@TheRecruitScoop: BREAKING: 2015 Salesianum (DE) guard Donte Divincenzo has committed to Villanova.

@TheRecruitScoop: Villanova continues to add ideal system players to their program. Donte Divincenzo will fill a role similar to that of Ryan Arcidiacono.

Guard U strikes again with another heady, smart four star player;

@TheRecruitScoop: BREAKING: 2015 Salesianum (DE) guard Donte Divincenzo has committed to Villanova.

@TheRecruitScoop: Villanova continues to add ideal system players to their program. Donte Divincenzo will fill a role similar to that of Ryan Arcidiacono.

And 4 year player.

The BE is such a weak conference this season.

It will be a 3 bid league, probably the same as A-10. (Nova, Xavier, Creighton; with G-town on the outer bubble)

The BE is such a weak conference this season.

It will be a 3 bid league, probably the same as A-10. (Nova, Xavier, Creighton; with G-town on the outter bubble)

And yet it has the 2nd most Top 100 players of any conference next year.
Who'd a thunk it?

 I'll take the over.  I say 5 BE teams get into the NCAA. 

@CBTonNBC: Former Indiana center Luke Fischer transferring to Marquette http://t.co/73475bTROR

@Kevin_Farrahar: Nova a Daunting Task - http://t.co/H43hgMlhbr #pcbb