Big East Basketball Thread

[jontaejones]

Auburn transfer Mustapha Heron immediately available to play for St Johns.

Could put them on the bubble. They'll have the best backcourt in the country with UVA. Tehy'll be a lot of fun to watch.

 

[mr.hockey4242]

Auburn transfer Mustapha Heron immediately available to play for St Johns.

Could put them on the bubble. They'll have the best backcourt in the country with UVA. Tehy'll be a lot of fun to watch.

I think they are top 3 on paper

No fucking clue how he got cleared

 

[ericd7633]

Auburn transfer Mustapha Heron immediately available to play for St Johns.

Could put them on the bubble. They'll have the best backcourt in the country with UVA. Tehy'll be a lot of fun to watch.

I think they're a tournament team now at this point.

 

[jontaejones]

I think they're a tournament team now at this point.

They should be.

Mullin is under pressure to do something with this group.

 

[mr.hockey4242]

I think they're a tournament team now at this point.

I def think so at this point.

Will be interesting to see how Mullins can coach them.

Last year SJU was elite defensively and sucked on offense. This year might be a complete reversal.

They won’t have any size.

 

[Galway Eagle]

Big East Coaches Poll

1. Villanova (34-6, 14-4), 79 points

2. Marquette (21-14, 9-9), 70 points

3. Providence (21-14, 8-8), 58 points

4. St. John’s (16-17, 4-14), 57 points

5. Butler (21-14. 9-9), 45 points

6. Xavier (29-6, 15-3), 41 points

7. Georgetown (15-15, 5-13), 33 points

8. Seton Hall (22-12, 10-8), 26 points

9. Creighton (21-12, 10-8), 25 points

10. DePaul (11-20, 4-14), 16 points

Preseason Player of the Year: Shamorie Ponds, St. John’s

Preseason Rookie of the Year: Jahvon Quinerly, Villanova

Preseason First Team All-Big East

Shamorie Ponds, St. John’s (Jr., G)

Eric Paschall, Villanova (Sr., F)

Markus Howard, Marquette (Jr., G)

Kamar Baldwin, Butler (Jr. G)

Jessie Govan, Georgetown (Sr., C)

Alpha Diallo, Providence (Jr., G/F)

Preseason Second Team All-Big East

Phil Booth, Villanova (Sr., G)

Myles Powell, Seton Hall (Jr., G)

Max Strus, DePaul (Sr., G/F)

Sam Hauser, Marquette (Jr. F)

Justin Simon, St. John’s (Jr., G/F)

 

[jontaejones]

Big East Coaches Poll

1. Villanova (34-6, 14-4), 79 points

2. Marquette (21-14, 9-9), 70 points

3. Providence (21-14, 8-8), 58 points

4. St. John’s (16-17, 4-14), 57 points

5. Butler (21-14. 9-9), 45 points

6. Xavier (29-6, 15-3), 41 points

7. Georgetown (15-15, 5-13), 33 points

8. Seton Hall (22-12, 10-8), 26 points

9. Creighton (21-12, 10-8), 25 points

10. DePaul (11-20, 4-14), 16 points

Preseason Player of the Year: Shamorie Ponds, St. John’s

Preseason Rookie of the Year: Jahvon Quinerly, Villanova

Preseason First Team All-Big East

Shamorie Ponds, St. John’s (Jr., G)

Eric Paschall, Villanova (Sr., F)

Markus Howard, Marquette (Jr., G)

Kamar Baldwin, Butler (Jr. G)

Jessie Govan, Georgetown (Sr., C)

Alpha Diallo, Providence (Jr., G/F)

Preseason Second Team All-Big East

Phil Booth, Villanova (Sr., G)

Myles Powell, Seton Hall (Jr., G)

Max Strus, DePaul (Sr., G/F)

Sam Hauser, Marquette (Jr. F)

Justin Simon, St. John’s (Jr., G/F)

Looks about right...

Heron probably makes at least 2nd team Big East, he was 2nd team SEC last year.

 

[mr.hockey4242]

Marquette turning into a pretty unanimous 2nd best team preseason. Wojo has to prove himself here.

If things go well and we are a solid team I’m super excited for the future.

It’s just practice but everyone is raving about McEwen and Bailey. Koby has to sit this year as a transfer but he will help the 19/20 team be elite and it continues to show why we’ve struggled to land another guard. Bailey is one many thought would struggle for minutes since he took 2 years off. But he’s 21 has size and NBA blood. He’s been impressing.

 

[Ickey Shuffle]

Nova should once again dominate this Church league lol.

 

[Galway Eagle]

Nova should once again dominate this Church league lol.

You realise they didn't win it last year right?

 

[Ickey Shuffle]

You realise they didn't win it last year right?

Uhh. Villanova did win the Big East tournament last year

 

[mr.hockey4242]

Scrimmages don’t mean a ton

But....DePaul lost by 7 to Bowling Green

 

[Galway Eagle]

MU plays their exhibition against Carroll University (WI) this evening at 7pm CST. Streamable on Gomarquette.com for anybody interested in seeing you're 2019 champions play

 

[jontaejones]

MU plays their exhibition against Carroll University (WI) this evening at 7pm CST. Streamable on Gomarquette.com for anybody interested in seeing you're 2019 champions play

Haha. Champions of what, exactly?

 

[mr.hockey4242]

Haha. Champions of what, exactly?

Carroll University

 

[mr.hockey4242]

Marquette had its shaky shooting game right away. Still won comfortably. Defense looks improved greatly but UMBC isn’t a great barometer

Interesting rotations for Wojo. Heldt got 1 min of garbage time. Morrow didn’t play much. The young guys(bailey in service time not age) seem to be getting the opportunity early on.

 

[jontaejones]

Marquette had its shaky shooting game right away. Still won comfortably. Defense looks improved greatly but UMBC isn’t a great barometer

Interesting rotations for Wojo. Heldt got 1 min of garbage time. Morrow didn’t play much. The young guys(bailey in service time not age) seem to be getting the opportunity early on.

UMBC barely looked like a D1 team.

But Marquette looked good.

 

[mr.hockey4242]

UMBC barely looked like a D1 team.

But Marquette looked good.

#12 and #23 look like concentration camp survivors.

Biggest difference for this MU team is their clear upgrade in size. Hopefully Elliot can get back by BE play to help at guard

J Hauser and Bailey will be studs sooner than later

 

[Galway Eagle]

Lot of close calls this past weekend. Those middling teams need to really pick it up.

 

[jontaejones]

Marquette sneaks into the Top 25.

West Virginia gets booted from #13 to receiving votes for losing to Buffalo. A bit harsh maybe.

Correct my if I'm wrong but I think this is the first time Marquette has been ranked since pre-season of the inaugural 'Big East' season.