Saturday's Full Slate of Big East Games

[MU/Panther]

11:00 - Marquette @ 6 Xavier, FS1 - Joe Davis, Dickey Simpkins

1:00 - DePaul @ Creighton, FSN - Kevin Kugler, Nick Bahe

1:30 - 3 Villanova @ 11 Providence, FS1 - Gus Johnson, Tarik Turner

3:30 - Butler @ St. John's, FSN - Brian Custer and Vin Parise

8:00 - Georgetown @ Seton Hall, CBSSN-- Andrew Catalon & Steve Lappas

[Alan Bykowski, "brewcity77"]

I can't see any way tomorrow goes well. Reynolds and Farr are interior destroyers, they have talented wings that can slash and shoot, and that 1-3-1 just ripped us up the last time around.

[milkbone]

WOW Warriors get Dickey again!!!

[MayorBeluga]

WOW Warriors get Dickey again!!!

That's three time NBA champ Dickey to you, son.

[MU/Panther]

Spreads
Xavier -12.5 Marquette

Creighton -11.5 DePaul

Villanova -5 Providence

Butler -10.5 St. John's

Seton Hall -4 Georgetown

[Phantom Warrior]

MU -72, Xavier - 87.

And I think I am probably being a bit optimistic. If we keep it under 10, it will be a moral victory, and I don't believe in moral victories.

[kneelb4zerg]

MU -72, Xavier - 87.

And I think I am probably being a bit optimistic. If we keep it under 10, it will be a moral victory, and I don't believe in moral victories.

Then why did you say it would be a moral victory?

[Phantom Warrior]

Moral victories don't mean very much. Will a moral victory help us get into the NIT? No. (I have given up on the Big Dance this year.) Even if we get a "moral victory" against Xavier, say we lose by 9, so what? Big deal.

[IrwinFletcher]

When you have a rebuilding team/program, it is fun to play Top 10 teams because you can see where you are in the development of the players. this is a huge test and we can see how the team reacts to it. If it is tight game and we lose by 9, we can likely point to guys improving and that is important.

[kneelb4zerg]

Moral victories don't mean very much. Will a moral victory help us get into the NIT? No. (I have given up on the Big Dance this year.) Even if we get a "moral victory" against Xavier, say we lose by 9, so what? Big deal.

I'm saying you called it a moral victory, and then said such things don't exist ... Never mind.

[MU/Panther]

Pre-game starts at 10:30am on FS1

[MU/Panther]

Hate using the term must win, but it is for Butler.

[TedBaxter]

Big game for MU as we all know. Just hope they compete and stay in the game for the first 35 minutes so they have a chance. That's all I am looking for.

[MU/Panther]

Creighton 35 DePaul 19 on FSN

VILLANOVA 12 Providence 3 on FS1

Crowd again is off the charts at the Dunk

[MU/Panther]

Here come the Friars! Down by only six.

[MU/Panther]

Creighton 88 DePaul 66
Groselle with 15 points and Watson 12 pts and 9 assists. Cole Huff with gets this 28 points off the bench in 22 minutes.

#3 Villanova 72 #11 Providence 60
Darryl Reynolds 19 points and 10 rebounds*

St. John's 14 Butler 13, 13:10 in the 1st half on FSN

[MU/Panther]

Keland Martin scored 18 points and Roosevelt Jones had a triple double in 28 minutes as Butler beat St. John's 89-56.

[MU/Panther]

With #1 Oklahoma and #2 North Carolina losing, Villanova should be the new #1 team come Monday.

Georgetown 15 Seton Hall 15, on CBSSN