(3) Saturday Games in the Big East

[MU/Panther]

Saturday's Big East Schedule
1:00 - Providence @ Marquette, FSN - Jeff Levering, Dickey Simpkins
Line: Marquette -8.5

1:30 - DePaul @ 16 Creighton, FS1 - Justin Kutcher, Nick Bahe
Line: Creighton -15.5

7:00 - Georgetown @11 Butler, CBSSN - Tom McCarthy, Doug Gottlieb, Melanie Collins
Line: Butler -9.5

[Alan Bykowski, "brewcity77"]

All look pretty basic on paper. Good chance for Creighton to get right.

[MU/Panther]

I don't buy the national narrative that Creighton is done.

[Alan Bykowski, "brewcity77"]

I think they can get it back together, but they won't be the same team without Watson. Now they're a 20-30 team, not a fringe title contender.

[MU/Panther]

Creighton hasn't been to the Sweet 16, since 1974. A big year for that school can still be accepted without Watson.

[MU/Panther]

Khyri Thomas scored 18 points, Marcus Foster added 15 and Justin Patton had 14 to lead No. 16 Creighton to an 83-66 victory over DePaul on Saturday.
The Bluejays (19-3, 6-3 Big East) won for the first time in three games since losing star point guard Maurice Watson Jr. to a season-ending knee injury.
Billy Garrett Jr. scored 18 points and Brandon Cyrus had 12 for the Blue Demons (8-13, 1-7).
Creighton led by 21 in the first half, but the Blue Demons got to 44-29 at half and were within 46-37 on a Garrett 3-pointer early in the second half.
The Bluejays finally put away the Blue Demons with three dunks in two minutes. Thomas passed to Patton on back-to-back possessions for a dunk and an easy layup, Foster dunked off Tyler Clement's pass and Thomas got a jam of his own to make it 75-58 with 5 minutes left.
Thomas also led the Bluejays with seven rebounds and six assists.
Freshman Davion Mintz, making his first start at point guard, had four points, two assists and two turnovers in 14 minutes. Clement, a walk-on, played 23 minutes as Mintz's backup and finished with three points, five assists and one turnover.

[MU/Panther]

Georgetown leads at Butler 20-15 on CBSSN.

[MU_Iceman]

Georgetown goes into Butler and wins...WTH?? MU loses at home to Providence, and can't hold an 18 point lead at Butler...some things just defy logic.

[MU/Panther]

Big week for Georgetown in beating Creighton and Butler.

[Markedman]

Georgetown goes into Butler and wins...WTH?? MU loses at home to Providence, and can't hold an 18 point lead at Butler...some things just defy logic.

Now you're getting it.......the better team doesn't always win.....even at home.

Hoyas playing better and they have always had the talent.

Differences between most of the teams in conference really not very big.

St John's will be another tough game on Weds.

[MUfan12]

Are we sure Ice isn't Freeway? I remember Free ranting about home losses all the time, back in the day.

[Markedman]

Not Big East but add Oregon to the list of upsets today......just lost to a 10 loss Colorado team....they were a 7 point favorite on the road.