Who ya got?

Here are my picks for the upcoming BE Tournament:

First Round:

Butler bears Providence
Georgetown beats Daul
Villanova beats Seton Hall

Second Round:

St. John’s beats Butler
Creighton beats Georgetown
UConn beats Villanova
Marquette beats Xavier in a squeaker

Third Round:

St. John’s beats Creighton
UConn beats Marquette

Championship:

St. John’s beats UConn in a game that goes down to the wire.

The wild card in all of this is Deivon Smith. How many more games will he miss? Will he play at all in the Big East Tournament. St. John’s has managed to play well even when he’s been missing or been sub par. Will they be able to continue to do so? I’m picking the Johnnies to continue doing what they’ve been doing, but I won’t be surprised if they stumble somewhere along the way.

(03-11-2025 01:01 PM)Bill Marsh Wrote:  Who ya got?

Here are my picks for the upcoming BE Tournament:

First Round:

Butler bears Providence
Georgetown beats Daul
Villanova beats Seton Hall

Second Round:

St. John’s beats Butler
Creighton beats Georgetown
UConn beats Villanova
Marquette beats Xavier in a squeaker

Third Round:

St. John’s beats Creighton
UConn beats Marquette

Championship:

St. John’s beats UConn in a game that goes down to the wire.

The wild card in all of this is Deivon Smith. How many more games will he miss? Will he play at all in the Big East Tournament. St. John’s has managed to play well even when he’s been missing or been sub par. Will they be able to continue to do so? I’m picking the Johnnies to continue doing what they’ve been doing, but I won’t be surprised if they stumble somewhere along the way.

Hey Bill!...I hope you're right with your prediction of a Johnnies title but I've had a bad feeling about a semi-final match up with Xavier.....(who I think will beat Marquette)....

The only correction on your predictions is UConn would play Creighton in the 2nd semifinal and SJU would play the winner of X vs. Mquette....

I agree on all 3 of the Wednesday games.....

Looking forward to being at MSG for the next 4 days!

(03-11-2025 02:09 PM)sju88grad Wrote:  

(03-11-2025 01:01 PM)Bill Marsh Wrote:  Who ya got?

Here are my picks for the upcoming BE Tournament:

First Round:

Butler bears Providence
Georgetown beats Daul
Villanova beats Seton Hall

Second Round:

St. John’s beats Butler
Creighton beats Georgetown
UConn beats Villanova
Marquette beats Xavier in a squeaker

Third Round:

St. John’s beats Creighton
UConn beats Marquette

Championship:

St. John’s beats UConn in a game that goes down to the wire.

The wild card in all of this is Deivon Smith. How many more games will he miss? Will he play at all in the Big East Tournament. St. John’s has managed to play well even when he’s been missing or been sub par. Will they be able to continue to do so? I’m picking the Johnnies to continue doing what they’ve been doing, but I won’t be surprised if they stumble somewhere along the way.

Hey Bill!...I hope you're right with your prediction of a Johnnies title but I've had a bad feeling about a semi-final match up with Xavier.....(who I think will beat Marquette)....

The only correction on your predictions is UConn would play Creighton in the 2nd semifinal and SJU would play the winner of X vs. Mquette....

I agree on all 3 of the Wednesday games.....

Looking forward to being at MSG for the next 4 days!

Wow. Enjoy it to the max.

I loved the days of doing the all-session pass. I did it from the reboot year - 2017 when it was relative cheaper. So much fun. For four days MSG becomes your second home.

I'm rooting for a Johnnies - UConn final. Obviously hoping for a different outcome than the last two games. lol

(03-11-2025 02:09 PM)sju88grad Wrote:  

(03-11-2025 01:01 PM)Bill Marsh Wrote:  Who ya got?

Here are my picks for the upcoming BE Tournament:

First Round:

Butler bears Providence
Georgetown beats Daul
Villanova beats Seton Hall

Second Round:

St. John’s beats Butler
Creighton beats Georgetown
UConn beats Villanova
Marquette beats Xavier in a squeaker

Third Round:

St. John’s beats Creighton
UConn beats Marquette

Championship:

St. John’s beats UConn in a game that goes down to the wire.

The wild card in all of this is Deivon Smith. How many more games will he miss? Will he play at all in the Big East Tournament. St. John’s has managed to play well even when he’s been missing or been sub par. Will they be able to continue to do so? I’m picking the Johnnies to continue doing what they’ve been doing, but I won’t be surprised if they stumble somewhere along the way.

Hey Bill!...I hope you're right with your prediction of a Johnnies title but I've had a bad feeling about a semi-final match up with Xavier.....(who I think will beat Marquette)....

The only correction on your predictions is UConn would play Creighton in the 2nd semifinal and SJU would play the winner of X vs. Mquette....

I agree on all 3 of the Wednesday games.....

Looking forward to being at MSG for the next 4 days!

I drew the matchups directly from the Big East website, so no need to worry about a matchup with Xavier.

I would not be at all surprises if Xavier beats Marquette. That was the toughest game for me to pick.

xavier vs st. john's will be a very exciting semifinals if it happens.

Johnnies in the hunt for a #1 or #2 seed. Xavier fighting for a bid. would be epic

(03-11-2025 04:09 PM)ecasadoSBU Wrote:  xavier vs st. john's will be a very exciting semifinals if it happens.

Johnnies in the hunt for a #1 or #2 seed. Xavier fighting for a bid. would be epic

I think a 2 seed is as far as St John's can get honestly. Auburn, Duke, and Houston are pretty much locks and one of the SEC teams has the other 1. I think St John's may need to win the BET to even get a 2 seed now.

(03-11-2025 04:12 PM)stever20 Wrote:  

(03-11-2025 04:09 PM)ecasadoSBU Wrote:  xavier vs st. john's will be a very exciting semifinals if it happens.

Johnnies in the hunt for a #1 or #2 seed. Xavier fighting for a bid. would be epic

I think a 2 seed is as far as St John's can get honestly. Auburn, Duke, and Houston are pretty much locks and one of the SEC teams has the other 1. I think St John's may need to win the BET to even get a 2 seed now.

I think you’re right, Stever.

(03-11-2025 01:01 PM)Bill Marsh Wrote:  Who ya got?

Here are my picks for the upcoming BE Tournament:

First Round:

Butler bears Providence
Georgetown beats Daul
Villanova beats Seton Hall

Second Round:

St. John’s beats Butler
Creighton beats Georgetown
UConn beats Villanova
Marquette beats Xavier in a squeaker

Third Round:

St. John’s beats Creighton
UConn beats Marquette

Championship:

St. John’s beats UConn in a game that goes down to the wire.

The wild card in all of this is Deivon Smith. How many more games will he miss? Will he play at all in the Big East Tournament. St. John’s has managed to play well even when he’s been missing or been sub par. Will they be able to continue to do so? I’m picking the Johnnies to continue doing what they’ve been doing, but I won’t be surprised if they stumble somewhere along the way.

I'm picking the exact same as you, but I would take X over Marquette. They've been the better team since mid January

Edit: I know you said you pulled the matchups from the BIg East site, but it would be UConn vs Creighton, not Marquette. I think that one will be a squeaker for whoever wins, but I'm still taking the Huskies

(03-11-2025 08:03 PM)Nameless Wrote:  

(03-11-2025 01:01 PM)Bill Marsh Wrote:  Who ya got?

Here are my picks for the upcoming BE Tournament:

First Round:

Butler bears Providence
Georgetown beats Daul
Villanova beats Seton Hall

Second Round:

St. John’s beats Butler
Creighton beats Georgetown
UConn beats Villanova
Marquette beats Xavier in a squeaker

Third Round:

St. John’s beats Creighton
UConn beats Marquette

Championship:

St. John’s beats UConn in a game that goes down to the wire.

The wild card in all of this is Deivon Smith. How many more games will he miss? Will he play at all in the Big East Tournament. St. John’s has managed to play well even when he’s been missing or been sub par. Will they be able to continue to do so? I’m picking the Johnnies to continue doing what they’ve been doing, but I won’t be surprised if they stumble somewhere along the way.

I'm picking the exact same as you, but I would take X over Marquette. They've been the better team since mid January

Edit: I know you said you pulled the matchups from the BIg East site, but it would be UConn vs Creighton, not Marquette. I think that one will be a squeaker for whoever wins, but I'm still taking the Huskies

First round:

Butler over Providence
DePaul over Georgetown
Nova over SH

Second round:

SJ over Butler
Creighton over DePaul
UConn over Nova
X over Marquette

Third round:

X over SJ
UConn over Creighton

Championship:

X over UConn

And I hope I'm wrong with a number of these predictions.

(03-11-2025 08:03 PM)Nameless Wrote:  

(03-11-2025 01:01 PM)Bill Marsh Wrote:  Who ya got?

Here are my picks for the upcoming BE Tournament:

First Round:

Butler bears Providence
Georgetown beats Daul
Villanova beats Seton Hall

Second Round:

St. John’s beats Butler
Creighton beats Georgetown
UConn beats Villanova
Marquette beats Xavier in a squeaker

Third Round:

St. John’s beats Creighton
UConn beats Marquette

Championship:

St. John’s beats UConn in a game that goes down to the wire.

The wild card in all of this is Deivon Smith. How many more games will he miss? Will he play at all in the Big East Tournament. St. John’s has managed to play well even when he’s been missing or been sub par. Will they be able to continue to do so? I’m picking the Johnnies to continue doing what they’ve been doing, but I won’t be surprised if they stumble somewhere along the way.

I'm picking the exact same as you, but I would take X over Marquette. They've been the better team since mid January

Edit: I know you said you pulled the matchups from the BIg East site, but it would be UConn vs Creighton, not Marquette. I think that one will be a squeaker for whoever wins, but I'm still taking the Huskies

You’re right. I screwed up. Should have been obvious to me.

I need more sleep. Or more coffee.

(03-11-2025 10:38 PM)Bill Marsh Wrote:  

(03-11-2025 08:03 PM)Nameless Wrote:  

(03-11-2025 01:01 PM)Bill Marsh Wrote:  Who ya got?

Here are my picks for the upcoming BE Tournament:

First Round:

Butler bears Providence
Georgetown beats Daul
Villanova beats Seton Hall

Second Round:

St. John’s beats Butler
Creighton beats Georgetown
UConn beats Villanova
Marquette beats Xavier in a squeaker

Third Round:

St. John’s beats Creighton
UConn beats Marquette

Championship:

St. John’s beats UConn in a game that goes down to the wire.

The wild card in all of this is Deivon Smith. How many more games will he miss? Will he play at all in the Big East Tournament. St. John’s has managed to play well even when he’s been missing or been sub par. Will they be able to continue to do so? I’m picking the Johnnies to continue doing what they’ve been doing, but I won’t be surprised if they stumble somewhere along the way.

I'm picking the exact same as you, but I would take X over Marquette. They've been the better team since mid January

Edit: I know you said you pulled the matchups from the BIg East site, but it would be UConn vs Creighton, not Marquette. I think that one will be a squeaker for whoever wins, but I'm still taking the Huskies

You’re right. I screwed up. Should have been obvious to me.

I need more sleep. Or more coffee.

Sorry, guys. Here are my revised picks for the semis:

St. John’s beats Marquette
UConn beats Creighton

Then, St. John’s beats UConn in championship game.

(03-11-2025 10:38 PM)Bill Marsh Wrote:  

(03-11-2025 08:03 PM)Nameless Wrote:  

(03-11-2025 01:01 PM)Bill Marsh Wrote:  Who ya got?

Here are my picks for the upcoming BE Tournament:

First Round:

Butler bears Providence
Georgetown beats Daul
Villanova beats Seton Hall

Second Round:

St. John’s beats Butler
Creighton beats Georgetown
UConn beats Villanova
Marquette beats Xavier in a squeaker

Third Round:

St. John’s beats Creighton
UConn beats Marquette

Championship:

St. John’s beats UConn in a game that goes down to the wire.

The wild card in all of this is Deivon Smith. How many more games will he miss? Will he play at all in the Big East Tournament. St. John’s has managed to play well even when he’s been missing or been sub par. Will they be able to continue to do so? I’m picking the Johnnies to continue doing what they’ve been doing, but I won’t be surprised if they stumble somewhere along the way.

I'm picking the exact same as you, but I would take X over Marquette. They've been the better team since mid January

Edit: I know you said you pulled the matchups from the BIg East site, but it would be UConn vs Creighton, not Marquette. I think that one will be a squeaker for whoever wins, but I'm still taking the Huskies

You’re right. I screwed up. Should have been obvious to me.

I need more sleep. Or more coffee.

I can relate! I wake up at 5:30 everyday for work and this daylight savings change has been killing me these past 3 days

(03-11-2025 01:01 PM)Bill Marsh Wrote:  Who ya got?

Here are my picks for the upcoming BE Tournament:

First Round:

Butler bears Providence
Georgetown beats Daul
Villanova beats Seton Hall

Second Round:

St. John’s beats Butler
Creighton beats Georgetown
UConn beats Villanova
Marquette beats Xavier in a squeaker

Third Round:

St. John’s beats Creighton
UConn beats Marquette

Championship:

St. John’s beats UConn in a game that goes down to the wire.

The wild card in all of this is Deivon Smith. How many more games will he miss? Will he play at all in the Big East Tournament. St. John’s has managed to play well even when he’s been missing or been sub par. Will they be able to continue to do so? I’m picking the Johnnies to continue doing what they’ve been doing, but I won’t be surprised if they stumble somewhere along the way.

Hope your wrong about X v Marquette, don’t see how X can get in the dance with a loss.

(03-12-2025 06:33 AM)pki1998 Wrote:  

(03-11-2025 01:01 PM)Bill Marsh Wrote:  Who ya got?

Here are my picks for the upcoming BE Tournament:

First Round:

Butler bears Providence
Georgetown beats Daul
Villanova beats Seton Hall

Second Round:

St. John’s beats Butler
Creighton beats Georgetown
UConn beats Villanova
Marquette beats Xavier in a squeaker

Third Round:

St. John’s beats Creighton
UConn beats Marquette

Championship:

St. John’s beats UConn in a game that goes down to the wire.

The wild card in all of this is Deivon Smith. How many more games will he miss? Will he play at all in the Big East Tournament. St. John’s has managed to play well even when he’s been missing or been sub par. Will they be able to continue to do so? I’m picking the Johnnies to continue doing what they’ve been doing, but I won’t be surprised if they stumble somewhere along the way.

Hope your wrong about X v Marquette, don’t see how X can get in the dance with a loss.

I think X would have a decent shot even with a loss. Depends on what happens honestly the next 48 hours elsewhere. We'll get a decent bit of clarity today really.

1st 2 days with the NET Ratings. lookie at UConn-
4pm 9/81 Butler 6-14 13-18 vs 8/98 Providence 6-14 12-19
6:30 10/128 DePaul 4-16 13-18 vs 7/87 Georgetown 8-12 17-14
9pm 11/209 Seton Hall 2-18 7-24 vs 6/53 Villanova 11-9 18-13

Noon But/PC vs 1/16 St John's 18-2 27-4
2:30 5/25 Marquette 13-7 22-9 vs 4/44 Xavier 13-7 21-10
7pm DeP/Geo vs 2/38 Creighton 15-5 22-9
9:30 SH/Nova vs 3/30 UConn 14-6 22-9

(03-12-2025 04:37 AM)Nameless Wrote:  

(03-11-2025 10:38 PM)Bill Marsh Wrote:  

(03-11-2025 08:03 PM)Nameless Wrote:  

(03-11-2025 01:01 PM)Bill Marsh Wrote:  Who ya got?

Here are my picks for the upcoming BE Tournament:

First Round:

Butler bears Providence
Georgetown beats Daul
Villanova beats Seton Hall

Second Round:

St. John’s beats Butler
Creighton beats Georgetown
UConn beats Villanova
Marquette beats Xavier in a squeaker

Third Round:

St. John’s beats Creighton
UConn beats Marquette

Championship:

St. John’s beats UConn in a game that goes down to the wire.

The wild card in all of this is Deivon Smith. How many more games will he miss? Will he play at all in the Big East Tournament. St. John’s has managed to play well even when he’s been missing or been sub par. Will they be able to continue to do so? I’m picking the Johnnies to continue doing what they’ve been doing, but I won’t be surprised if they stumble somewhere along the way.

I'm picking the exact same as you, but I would take X over Marquette. They've been the better team since mid January

Edit: I know you said you pulled the matchups from the BIg East site, but it would be UConn vs Creighton, not Marquette. I think that one will be a squeaker for whoever wins, but I'm still taking the Huskies

You’re right. I screwed up. Should have been obvious to me.

I need more sleep. Or more coffee.

I can relate! I wake up at 5:30 everyday for work and this daylight savings change has been killing me these past 3 days

Thanks.

(03-12-2025 06:33 AM)pki1998 Wrote:  

(03-11-2025 01:01 PM)Bill Marsh Wrote:  Who ya got?

Here are my picks for the upcoming BE Tournament:

First Round:

Butler bears Providence
Georgetown beats Daul
Villanova beats Seton Hall

Second Round:

St. John’s beats Butler
Creighton beats Georgetown
UConn beats Villanova
Marquette beats Xavier in a squeaker

Third Round:

St. John’s beats Creighton
UConn beats Marquette

Championship:

St. John’s beats UConn in a game that goes down to the wire.

The wild card in all of this is Deivon Smith. How many more games will he miss? Will he play at all in the Big East Tournament. St. John’s has managed to play well even when he’s been missing or been sub par. Will they be able to continue to do so? I’m picking the Johnnies to continue doing what they’ve been doing, but I won’t be surprised if they stumble somewhere along the way.

Hope your wrong about X v Marquette, don’t see how X can get in the dance with a loss.

I could easily be wrong about X vs Marquette. There’s hardly a dime’s worth of difference between these 2 teams. There 2 previous meetings were both decided by 2 points, both teams winning on the other’s court. You can’t get much closer than that.

In the first game, Marquette was able to force a few more turnovers, get a few more possessions, and made their shots. That was the difference. In the 2nd game, X took better care of the ball and Marquette shot only 43% from the FT line. Once again it will probably come down to little things - rebounding, turnovers, FTs, etc.

No surprises - Rick Pitino Big East Coach of the Year

RJ Luis JR - Player of the Year

For me personally, a bit of a surprise there. I thought Dixon had a shot at it

I thought Kalk might get it, but I thought Luis was the most complete player in the league. His decision making was questionable at times, but he could score, rebound, play defense, get steals, etc... Doesn't really have a hole in his game, and contributes in so many different ways.