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Saturday 2/23
FOX College Hoops Tip-Off Show @11:30AM

11 Marquette @ Providence, 12:00, FOX - Gus Johnson, Jim Jackson
Line: Marquette -3

Georgetown @ Creighton, 2:30, FOX -Justin Kutcher, Steve Lavin
Line: Creighton -5.5

Seton Hall @ St. John's, 8:00, FS1 - Tim Brando, Len Elmore
Line: St. John's -4

Surprised by the Creighton line. I'd take Georgetown there.

Big game between St. John's and Seton Hall. The winner of that almost certainly will make the Tournament.

Biggest metro area game since...I don't even remember

adoraz wrote:
Big game between St. John's and Seton Hall. The winner of that almost certainly will make the Tournament.

Hard to figure who needs it more. I would guess SH. The Hall has the tougher opponents coming, but at home. The Johnnies have X and DePaul on the road. I think SJU would have to lose out to absolutely be on the wrong side of the bubble going into the BET. Maybe if they lost 3 of these 4, they would need a win in the BET to feel safe. Truthfully, if they stumble that badly against that schedule, they probably don't deserve a bid. SH's schedule is probably tougher. I think a win over Nova, or Marquette would go a long way. If they can't beat either SJ, or the Hoyas, they may actually need a win over one of the big dogs to avoid having to make a run in the BET. Can't go into the BET on a 5 game losing streak. They're probably an underdog in every game too. Nail biting time for Hall fans.

City of Omaha is in a blizzard warning. Police are asking that no one be on the roads after noon tomorrow due to heavy snow and excessive 50mph wins. Crowd will definitely be affected.

Lets go Hoyas

herodotus wrote:

adoraz wrote:
Big game between St. John's and Seton Hall. The winner of that almost certainly will make the Tournament.

Hard to figure who needs it more. I would guess SH. The Hall has the tougher opponents coming, but at home. The Johnnies have X and DePaul on the road. I think SJU would have to lose out to absolutely be on the wrong side of the bubble going into the BET. Maybe if they lost 3 of these 4, they would need a win in the BET to feel safe. Truthfully, if they stumble that badly against that schedule, they probably don't deserve a bid. SH's schedule is probably tougher. I think a win over Nova, or Marquette would go a long way. If they can't beat either SJ, or the Hoyas, they may actually need a win over one of the big dogs to avoid having to make a run in the BET. Can't go into the BET on a 5 game losing streak. They're probably an underdog in every game too. Nail biting time for Hall fans.

There's no may about it for Seton Hall. They absolutely need to get at least 1 more win regular season. Otherwise they enter the BET at 16-14 and even with the bubble as weak as it is, they're not getting in unless they maybe make the finals of the BET

Hope Georgetown doesn't react to beating Nova the way St. John's did.

Marquette can't be guarded if Sacar is nailing shots. Hauser brothers were excellent.

Jays shooting well but otherwise not much going well for either team.