MUPanther wrote:19 Ohio State @ Xavier, 6:30, FS1 - Brandon Gaudin, Bill Raftery
Line: Ohio State -1.5/141.5
New Hampshire @ Providence, 6:30, FS2 - John Fanta, Vin Parise
Line: Providence-13.5/135.5
1st rd.: Charleston Classic
Ole Miss vs. Marquette, 7:00, ESPN2 - Rich Hollenberg, Debbie Antonelli
Line: Mississippi-3.5/136.5
Rutgers @ DePaul, 8:30, FS1 - Eric Collins, Donny Marshall
Line:
Rutgers -2.5/133.5
Xuperman wrote:Get real, ONLY if you're a Marquette fan.
Obviously for this board and more importantly the BEast.....X-OSU is now a big time showdown matchup. Not only would a Xavier dub hand our conference it's 1st outright Gavitt series victory, but it would also position the Big East to rise to the top of the conference power rankings along side the SEC. With the Maryland loss tonight (GMU LOL!), the B10 is really shell shocked at this point. The ACC is in a similar boat and the B12/PAC10 doesn't have the quality of depth to match us.
kayako wrote:Xuperman wrote:Get real, ONLY if you're a Marquette fan.
Obviously for this board and more importantly the BEast.....X-OSU is now a big time showdown matchup. Not only would a Xavier dub hand our conference it's 1st outright Gavitt series victory, but it would also position the Big East to rise to the top of the conference power rankings along side the SEC. With the Maryland loss tonight (GMU LOL!), the B10 is really shell shocked at this point. The ACC is in a similar boat and the B12/PAC10 doesn't have the quality of depth to match us.
I'd say X game is slightly more important for the conference perception wise, at least short term. Our top 5 would be seen as good as any other top 5, with a couple more interesting teams in the bubble territory. I don't buy the importance of SOS when destroying weak teams has proven to be the best NET strategy, and the BE looking stronger than expected with 20 conference games.
Having said that, I feel like DePaul and Marquette games are just as important. Rutgers has this sneaky effective strategy of playing nobody OOC and beating overrated Big Ten opponents at home. Losing at DePaul effectively takes away a tournament bid from the Big Ten. And for obvious reasons, the conference needs to see Shaka succeed in Milwaukee.
Hoping for 3-0 in these 3 games, but I'd be happy with 2-1. We're underdogs in all 3, but 1-2 would be a little disappointing.
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