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7 PM- Butler at Xavier
CBSSN: Tom McCarthy, Chris Walker, A.J. Ross
Line: Xavier -12.5/130.5

10 PM- Villanova at Marquette
FS1: Kevin Kugler, Bill Raftery
Line: Villanova -4/132.5

Go Dawgs!

Time to kennel Butler Blue.

really big Nova/Marquette game. Huge for Nova trying to build a case for a 1 seed, something didn't think was possible back in December. For Marquette it's the last of 5 straight Q1 games- with only 2 left after tonight.

Crazy late start time for that.

stever20 wrote:really big Nova/Marquette game. Huge for Nova trying to build a case for a 1 seed, something didn't think was possible back in December. For Marquette it's the last of 5 straight Q1 games- with only 2 left after tonight.

Crazy late start time for that.

Yeah, start time sucks for us old folks! The game is huge for BET seeding too. If Nova loses it can really create separation. 2 game lead with a less rigid schedule, Providence can really pull away. Even if Nova were to sweep PC, they still have the inside track to win the regular season. That said, PC has been fun to watch this year. There is some magic happening there.

Novachap wrote:

stever20 wrote:really big Nova/Marquette game. Huge for Nova trying to build a case for a 1 seed, something didn't think was possible back in December. For Marquette it's the last of 5 straight Q1 games- with only 2 left after tonight.

Crazy late start time for that.

Yeah, start time sucks for us old folks! The game is huge for BET seeding too. If Nova loses it can really create separation. 2 game lead with a less rigid schedule, Providence can really pull away. Even if Nova were to sweep PC, they still have the inside track to win the regular season. That said, PC has been fun to watch this year. There is some magic happening there.

So true about the Friars. Professor Cooley has his entire class dialed in.

p.s. If that fat little pig of an ugly dog relieves itself on our landscaping again, I would say that someone should take a skillet to its face, but that clearly has been done already.

Credit to Butler for putting up a great fight and never quitting.

Wow. MArquette demolishing Nova right now. Completely rolling in the 1st half

It's amazing how quick this team is growing.

Marquette after tonight has all of 2/7 games left with teams with winning conference record.

compare to:
UConn 6/10
Creighton 3/10(plus 2 with Seton Hall)
Providence 4/7
Seton Hall 6/9
Villanova 4/8 (plus 1 with Seton Hall)
Xavier 3/9 (plus 2 with Seton Hall)

Feels like Marquette has such an advantage schedule wise the rest of the way.

2 straight seasons of preseason top 3 in the country and playing like it. C