Marquette over Baylor

[MTHusky]

Marquette blew out #6 Baylor, 96 70

 

[QuickDraw]

making room for us to move up

 

[Scot-e]

We move up and BE gets a bump. Man they were way off with the pre season rankings this year- just goes to show how little they matter till games re played.

 

[SteelCT]

Certainly helps our SOS…BE is going to be a dog fight

 

[3RingsCT]

So many early blow outs of highly ranked teams. WTF is going on?

 

[Marat]

Just a reminder that we shouldn't expect to walk thru the big east and on any night we may also get an opponents' A game.

 

[FlippinCrazy!]

If you look at marquettes schedule so far, they lost two close games against an ultimately very good (and underrated at the time) Purdue squad and a now undefeated Mississippi State squad. Showing they’re at the very least a contender after the Baylor win.

 

[jibsey]

Just a reminder that we shouldn't expect to walk thru the big east and on any night we may also get an opponents' A game.

I’m not worried but pretty realistic about the BE wars coming up. As good a roster as we have we’re going to be losing games. Just hope the board doesn’t lose it’s mind, remember, this is about what we build up to in March. BTW, where is Maker’s Muppet?

 

[g_smith]

When we blow out Marquette that means we beat Baylor and are national champions right? Right?!!!

 

[RayRay]

I’m not worried but pretty realistic about the BE wars coming up. As good a roster as we have we’re going to be losing games. Just hope the board doesn’t lose it’s mind, remember, this is about what we build up to in March. BTW, where is Maker’s Muppet?

Yes, exactly this. I think a really outstanding big east conference record for us would be 16-4. That would still give us a record of (potentially) 27-4 going into the big east tournament, which should still be worthy of a 1 or 2 seed.

Also, Marquette might actually be really good. This could be a battle this year between them, Creighton, and possibly even Xavier and St John’s.

 

[Bazz4A]

This game is a reminder that the team needs to be ready to go Thursday or OK State could knock them off as well, prior to Big East play

 

[Sphinx]

A reminder that no D-1 team has gone undefeated since Bobby Knight's Indiana squad of 1975-76. The road games at Creighton, Xavier and Marquette, to name three, could certainly end up as losses even with UConn turning in solid performances. These teams would not have to "expose" UConn weaknesses. They would merely have to show up with their "A" game on a night when UConn shoes up with its "B+" game.

 

[aburks41]

Just a reminder that we shouldn't expect to walk thru the big east and on any night we may also get an opponents' A game.

Our defense will (should) keep us in every single game we play. We might have a bad offensive night here and there, but we have a top 10 defense in the country according to every metric site out there. It's gonna be tough for opponents to score more than 70 points on us

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Let's not set ourselves up to expect 16+ win conference season and a 1 seed. It's not fair to yourself as a fan and these players. There are gonna be hiccups and setbacks.

 

[gtcam]

Let's not set ourselves up to expect 16+ win conference season and a 1 seed. It's not fair to yourself as a fan and these players. There are gonna be hiccups and setbacks.

Depends on how many hiccups and setbacks - could be only 2 or 3.................
That would still get them a top 3 seed

 

[Umami Zen]

Great to see other BE teams getting big OOC wins

 

[Waquoit]

Rough week for those who like to say Newbie.

 

[Tenspro2002]

Yes, exactly this. I think a really outstanding big east conference record for us would be 16-4. That would still give us a record of (potentially) 27-4 going into the big east tournament, which should still be worthy of a 1 or 2 seed.

Also, Marquette might actually be really good. This could be a battle this year between them, Creighton, and possibly even Xavier and St John’s.

15-5 and 25-6 going into the BET is a realistic projection at this point (with only 3 games -- albeit very impressive ones -- against legitimate competition under our belt).

Last year's #2 seeds had records of 28-6, 26-7, 27-5, and 26-7, while #3 seeds had records of 25-9, 26-7, 24-7, and 27-7 (of course, different strength of schedule, etc.).

An overall 27-7 ish record would be worthy of a #2/3 seed.

 

[SoFla Steve]

Huge win for Marquette and the Big East.

Meanwhile, the ACC is still mired in 6th place among conferences per KenPom. The rating actually moved up from 10.99.

 

[Tenspro2002]

Huge win for Marquette and the Big East.

Meanwhile, the ACC is still mired in 6th place among conferences per KenPom. The rating actually moved up from 10.99.

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UNC and Duke really let the conference down in Portland. Huge, huge losses.

 

[Waquoit]

ACC needs us badly.

 

[Scrutiner]

When we blow out Marquette that means we beat Baylor and are national champions right? Right?!!!

Absolutely and I have replicas of the trophy signed by all members of the team available to you for special pre-season pricing: Only $249.95 plus $20 S&H.
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[MTBingNinja]

#6 on Kenpom currently

 

[TheChamps990411]

Just a reminder that we shouldn't expect to walk thru the big east and on any night we may also get an opponents' A game.

We`re Uconn. Teams always try to bring their A game. Beating us carries weight.

 

[g_smith]

Absolutely and I have replicas of the trophy signed by all members of the team available to you for special pre-season pricing: Only $249.95 plus $20 S&H.
You can DM your Paypal or Crypto payments in the next 24 hours to assure you get one of these "once (fifth) in a lifetime" mementos of yet another NC.

Ok but If I doesn’t pay homage to the civil conflict I’m writing a bad review