NYE Blockbuster games in the Big East

[MU/Panther]

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/25430433/big-east-doubleheader-on-new-years-eve-will-get-your-day-started-right

11:00am - 6 Xavier @ 16 Villanova, FS1 - Gus Johnson, Bill Raftery

1:15pm- Creighton @ St. John's, FS1 - Justin Kutcher, Donny Marshall

1:30pm- 12 Providence @ 9 Butler, CBSSN- Dave Ryan; Steve Wolf

[MUBasketball]

A year after Fox sold the big Villanova @ Butler game to CBS, they did it again with Providence @ Butler. Bet they are kicking themselves!

[warriorfan4life]

A year after Fox sold the big Villanova @ Butler game to CBS, they did it again with Providence @ Butler. Bet they are kicking themselves!

And unlike last year, you should have predicted that it would be a match-up between top half of the conference teams (not to mention a game featuring an All-American and potential player of the year). I know they probably want to show the NYC market as much as possible, but this is a decision that can be first guessed and is not just bad luck or surprising circumstances (whereas last year Butler surprised by being a top half team).

[MU/Panther]

Wait, other than Dunn wasn't Providence picked around with MU at 5th or 6th in the pre-season.

Don't exactly know how the package works in terms of picking order,, but I know CBSSN doesn't get the leftovers. CBS gets up to 30 boardcast. These games are picked in July.

[MU/Panther]

Spreads
Villanova - 4 Xavier

Creighton - 8.5 @ St. John's

Butler - 8 Providence

[MU/Panther]

Sad moment, Xavier's freshman star Edmond Sumner taken off the court on a stretcher after a hard foul at the basket.

[Markedman]

Nova playing like they want to send a message.......Xavier looks overmatched at least right now.

[MU/Panther]

Xavier looked flat after watching their teammate go down with a serious injury.

[warriorfan4life]

Xavier looked flat after watching their teammate go down with a serious injury.

Yeah, I would not read too much into X with this game. Now, I think they were losing (and possibly big) even with a healthy Sumner, but that totally wiped out X's chances. X is still really good, but so is Nova, especially when they are playing inside out and not just chucking threes early in the clock (and Nova even made a few heat check

[MU/Panther]

Last time a top 10 team lost by 30 pts, was Notre Dame at Duke last year. A national title and elite 8 was the result.

[MU/Panther]

Creighton 33 St. John's 29, halftime on FS1

Butler 32 Providence 23, on CBSSN

[MU/Panther]

Providence 47 Butler 43, 12:32 left on CBSSN*

Creighton 68 St. John's 56 7:30 left on FS1

[MU/Panther]

Final*
#12 Providence 81@ #9 Butler 73
Bullock 25 pts and Dunn with 20 pts.


Final
Creighton 80 St. John's 70

[warriorfan4life]

Road teams went 4-1 in the opening round of Big East games.