Final regular season

Their seed line will be interesting...big win at UK

Watched the second half of the women's BE tournament last night before attempting to watch the men. The #7 team put up a spirited effort against an all-round better #2 Creighton team. Any changes expected on Tony B's staff? Can he/they survive another seventh place finish?

A good guy. The Fordham job is tough made tougher by the AD he had. A less than good guy named Roach. Those of us in the know would call it being Roached. Also would suggest that Baker Dunleavey was foolish.

Glad he’s made it back.

Great to see all these former SHU players killing it as Head Coaches. Well done!

I am in for all locations but Spokane.

Curious on peoples thoughts re travel. Are you in for just a few locations? All locations or none?

By Zach Braziller

and next few weeks are peak time for it

Final regular season

1. Connecticut 28-3 12-2
Grossly underrated in the preseason by the Big East coaches

2. Creighton 23-8 14-6
Ho hum in Omaha

3. Marquette 23-8 14-6
Was it Smart for this team to be preseason #1

4. Seton Hall 20-11 13-7
A couple of blown whistles Jan 20 from 2nd place

5. St. John's 19-12 11-9
Gonna be fun Thursday

6. Villanova 17-14 10-10
Hot seat?

7. Providence 19-12 10-10
Respectable once Hopkins went down

8. Butler 18-13 9-11
Nice job by Matta

9. Xavier 15-16 9-11
Fait accompli once the injuries struck

10. Georgetown 9-22 2-18
How happy was everyone in Rhode Island?

11. DePaul 3-28 0-20
Is it DePaul or A pall

Congratulations to @GrMtWoods, our season long BIG EAST prediction contest champion! Our winner led WIRE-TO-WIRE, going 3-2 in the first session back in December and never looking back. The incredible final record of 93-17 (.845) was enough to win by two games over @hallball and @vegaspaul82. I believe this is the best record in the now 11 seasons we have been running this contest on the board, though @HallBall'n can confirm as he has the results of the prior contests.

@GrMtWoods wins a $100 donation to the school/fund of his/her choice. HallBall'n will reach out to you, if he has not already. THANK YOU ALL for playing. This contest always makes the season more fun and interesting over the winter. I will be posting a new thread for any and all to post their picks for the Big East Tournament. No prizes, strictly for fun.

AP- not coaches award. Announced a few minutes ago. They also put KR on their second team, not first.

Are they waiting for Sha and the boys to win the BET first before they announce it?

We have made it to the final session: Games 106-110 of the two and a half month Big East season. Our season long title is still a bit up in the air as multiple players are mathematically alive. @GrMtWoods continues to lead at an impressive 88-17, but the lead has been trimmed to two games over three players who have made late season charges: @hallball, @hoops41, and @vegaspaul82 are tied for second at 86-19 entering the final day. @SPK145 and @Hall Is Life are also alive at 85-20 but will likely need to go 5-0 and get a lot of help in order to have a shot at the title.

10 players went 5-0 in the last session. Thank you to all 19 remaining players for continuing to play and protecting the integrity of the contest. Will the Big East get 6 or maybe even 7 teams into the field of 68? A few of these games will go a long way in deciding that.


Saturday, March 9

Georgetown (9-21, 2-17) @ St. John's (18-12, 10-9) - 12:00 PM - FOX - MSG/NYC

#10 Creighton (22-8, 13-6) @ Villanova (17-13, 10-9) - 2:30 PM - FOX - Wells Fargo/Philly

#8 Marquette (22-8, 13-6) @ Xavier 15-15 (9-10) - 5:00 PM - FOX - Cintas/Cincy

#2 Connecticut (27-3, 17-2) @ Providence (19-11, 10-9) - 8:00 PM - FOX - AMP/Providence

DePaul (3-27, 0-19) @ SETON HALL (19-11, 12-7) - 8:30 PM - FS1 - The Rock/Newark

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By Colin Rajala

Seton Hall entered its senior night matchup against DePaul honoring five seniors –three program stalwarts alongside two new transfers – and less than forty minutes of game time later the five seniors walked off the court to a standing ovation as they led the Pirates to a resounding 86-62 win over The Blue Demons.

The quintet knew what was at stake in the season finale at home – an opportunity to earn the program’s first NCAA berth since 2022 and first under second year Head Coach Shaheen Holloway – and completed the task at hand – contributing 85% of the teams’ points on 50% shooting from the field and 50% from long range, while tallying 18 of the team’s 19 assists on 30 field goals.

The Hall’s senior-led victory secured the Pirates’ berth in the NCAA tournament as they also locked up a fourth-place finish in conference play, setting them on the path to face fifth-seeded St. John’s in the Big East tournament quarterfinals Thursday at 2:30 at Madison Square Garden.

Senior forward Dre Davis led all scorers with 28 points, including 16 in the second half to put the game out of reach, alongside seven rebounds, three assists, one steal and one block. Rounding out the double- digit scorers for the Pirates were senior guards Dylan Addae-Wusu with 18 points, including three triples, four boards and two assists, while Kadary Richmond tallied 11 points, four assists, three rebounds, three steals and a block.

Graduate guard Al-Amir Dawes produced a career high nine assists, to go along with seven points, four rebounds and three steals, while graduate center Jaden Bediako recorded eight points, five rebounds, three offensive, one block and one steal.

“ I’m not knocking what other coaches do, but I’m not a guy that messes with the starting lineup. I stick with guys when things are not going well, I stick with guys when things are going well. I was a player, so I understand it, right? You kind of get the sense of when a guy’s not playing well, the last thing you want to do is put him to the bench and not think that you believe in him. These guys are great, they work hard, they’re mature, they’re older. They get it, they understand the sense of urgency. Even in the beginning of the year when things weren’t going great, we were really close but so far away, and they believed in everything I was preaching. They just worked hard,” Holloway said, in the post-game press conference.

Despite the blowout victory, Seton Hall (20-11 overall, 13-7) led DePaul (3-28, 0-20) by single digit points for most of the first half before closing on a 8-3 run over the final three minutes to take a 35-26 advantage into the second half.

“ I knew the first half was going to be all emotional. Some guys still didn’t get out of it, but I’m happy. I’m happy for these guys, these guys work hard. Like I told you guys before, they put up with a lot of my stuff. I’m very demanding when it comes to certain things, and for these guys to go out like this, for me, it’s great because I know how these guys are not just good basketball players. They’re good people, and to me, that means more than anything else,” Holloway said.

The second half was a different story for Seton Hall as they jumped on DePaul from the get-go – Richmond stole the ball and converted two free throws and Davis rained down a three for a 40-26 lead prompting a timeout from DePaul less than two minutes into the second stanza.

Another three from Davis off the dish from Richmond ballooned The Hall’s lead to more than 20 points with 13 minutes in the half, 55-33, and the Pirates would never look back.

In a sign of the future for the program, Seton Hall took its largest lead of the game right after the five seniors exited the court in their final home game to give way to the reserves, where freshman guard Isaiah Coleman buried a three off the assist from sophomore guard Jaquan Sanders for a 83-55 edge with just under three minutes remaining in the contest.

The Pirates forced 15 turnovers and converted them into 19 points, while also out rebounding the visitors 33-22, holding the advantage in second chance points 17-7 and outscoring DePaul in the paint 36-26.

DePaul was paced by Chico Carter, Jr.’s 16 points, while Jeremiah Oden tallied 12 points in the losing effort.