1st Round Games-Big East Teams

[MU/Panther]

Thursday-March 19th
(M)11 Texas vs. 6 Butler, 1:45,
CBS - Brian Anderson, Steve Smith, Lewis Johnson

(W)11 Ole Miss vs. 6 Xavier, 3:10,
TBS - Andrew Catalon, Steve Lappas, Jamie Erdahl

(E)16 Lafayette vs. 1 Villanova, 5:50,
TBS - Brian Anderson, Steve Smith, Lewis Johnson

(S)13 Eastern Washington vs. 4 Georgetown, 8:57,
truTV - Kevin Harlan, Reggie Miller, Dan Bonner, Rachel Nichols

Friday-March 20th
(S)9 St. John's vs. 8 San Diego State, 8:40,
CBS - Jim Nantz, Bill Raftery, Grant Hill, Tracy Wolfson

(E)11 Dayton vs. 6 Providence, 8:57,
truTV - Ian Eagle, Doug Gottlieb, Evan Washburn

[Alan Bykowski, "brewcity77"]

Could really use a 4-0 start today. Texas and Ole Miss have me most worried of pulling upsets. Just don't see GT falling in this position again.

[MU/Panther]

Ot: Buzz Williams is in the Turner Studios in Atlanta.

[MUAlphaBangura]

Ot: Buzz Williams is in the Turner Studios in Atlanta.

Thanks for the warning! Will avoid for sure. :cool:

[The Reptile]

Ot: Buzz Williams is in the Turner Studios in Atlanta.

Well, he might as well be on TV because it's not like he's done anything productive in March for the last two seasons.

[MU/Panther]

Texas -2 point favorite over Butler.

[Markedman]

So does the Big 12 suck now that Iowa State lost to a 14 seed? ;)

[MayorBeluga]

Ot: Buzz Williams is in the Turner Studios in Atlanta.

Who?

[Nukem2]

Butler looked gassed in the last part of the 1st half, but clings to 26-24 lead....

[Nukem2]

GA sT shocks Butler. The Big12/10 off to an horrific start.

[Goose85]

GA sT shocks Butler. The Big12/10 off to an horrific start.

Baylor.

Now let's hope Butler makes it 0-3 for the Big 12 and beats Texas.

[Nukem2]

Baylor.

Now let's hope Butler makes it 0-3 for the Big 12 and beats Texas.
Oops.

[Markedman]

Jones hurt but Butler leads by 8....10 minutes left

[Nukem2]

Jones back in for a bit, but he is favoring his wheel and probably hurting more than helping?

[WindyCityGoldenEagle]

Great adjustment putting woods on taylor. Holtman is a hell of a coach imo

[Nukem2]

Great adjustment putting woods on taylor. Holtman is a hell of a coach imo
Woods is a heckuva player. Butler is really going to miss his length next year.

[MUMac]

Ot: Buzz Williams is in the Turner Studios in Atlanta.

I hope Buzz becomes a fixture in the Turner Studios for the first weekend of the tournament each year!

[WindyCityGoldenEagle]

Woods is a heckuva player. Butler is really going to miss his length next year.

Is he a senior? Good! I was just going to write about how envious I am of his game - would love to have a guy like him on our squad (as would any team though)

[MUAlphaBangura]

Told the guys at my player draft Tuesday night(vast majority not MU fans) that Butler would win this game because they were just tougher than Texas. They all laughed at me. SUCK IT!!!!

Way to go Butler! Now on to Xavier.

[Nukem2]

Butler prevails. Big 12 now 0-3. Alex Barlow huge in this game with 8 really tough rebounds along with his floor game. Another guy that Butler will really miss.

[MU/Panther]

That three was huge!

[MU/Panther]

Xavier up on Mississippi on TBS. 55-40, 10 minutes left.

[AlexJesswein]

Xavier up 20 with about a minute left. Play Georgia State for a sweet 16 birth.

[MU/Panther]

Final
Xavier 76 Mississippi 57
Stainbrook 20pts

[MU/Panther]

The "Soul of College Hoops " improves to 3-0
Villanova 93 Lafayette 52

[TedBaxter]

7 out of the 16 winners today will be from non-Power 5 conferences, including at least 3 from the Big East. Damn demise!!!!

[Halo]

Hope you twitter users are blowing up Van Pelt!

[MUBasketball]

Hope you twitter users are blowing up Van Pelt!

Not yet...let's keep it going!

[AlexJesswein]

After a rocky start, Georgetown leads 43-33 at the half

[MU/Panther]

After a rocky start, Georgetown leads 43-33 at the half

Third string center was key. 8 pts and 6 boards

[AlexJesswein]

Side note---can't wait for Trawick to leave. The one guy i really hate in the Big East.

[MU/Panther]

7 out of the 16 winners today will be from non-Power 5 conferences, including at least 3 from the Big East. Damn demise!!!!
Power 5 or atomis 5 is a football saying.

[MUBasketball]

Side note---can't wait for Trawick to leave. The one guy i really hate in the Big East.

He's a gigantic thug.

[MU/Panther]

The way this ending, Georgetown might not cover the spread. Wait the dunk was the cover!

[Halo]

Chances of 6-0 tomorrow?

[MU/Panther]

Chances of 6-0 tomorrow?
I like St. John's. SDST can't score.
Dayton playing in Columbus worrys me, but if Providence play there game, they should win.

[Alan Bykowski, "brewcity77"]

Chances of 6-0 tomorrow?

St John's without Obekpa could struggle. Already short bench gets shorter.

[MU/Panther]

Friday-March 20th
(S)9 St. John's vs. 8 San Diego State, 8:40,
CBS - Jim Nantz, Bill Raftery, Grant Hill, Tracy Wolfson

(E)11 Dayton vs. 6 Providence, 8:57,
truTV - Ian Eagle, Doug Gottlieb, Evan Washburn


Point Spread
SDST -4 over St. John's

Providence -3 over Dayton

[79warrior]

St John's without Obekpa could struggle. Already short bench gets shorter.

I would take SDSU in this one.

[MU/Panther]

Mt. West so far has flopped in the ncaa and nit. Boise State, Colorado State, and now it's looks like Wyoming have all lost.

[MU/Panther]

Former St. John's player, Polee with 9 early points for SDST.

[warriorfan4life]

Former St. John's player, Polee with 9 early points for SDST.

Six of those points came from two banked-in three pointers. SDSU playing right into the Johnnies hands by taking perimeter jumpers and not stopping Pointer in transition.

[MU/Panther]

Seven three's by SDST. Unreal.

[DCwarrior]

Johnnies getting killed on the boards. Obekpa really let down his team.

[MUMac]

Seven three's by SDST. Unreal.

Two off the bank, which is more unreal.

[Nukem2]

Two off the bank, which is more unreal.
Yep, those were the backbreakers.

[MU/Panther]

Providence Dayton tip time 9:53

[MU/Panther]

Two early fouls on Dunn.

[DCwarrior]

Providence looks as bad as humanly possible, but they're still only down 3 halfway thru the 1st half

[MU/Panther]

Dayton up 44-35 on Providence.

[Nukem2]

Dayton up 44-35 on Providence.
Wrong thread.... :)

[MUwarrior1090]

I don't understand what Providence is doing at all. They excel when they create turnovers and crash the glass. They've been sitting back in zone all game and Dayton has been getting wide open looks all night.

[MU/Panther]

Wrong thread.... :)This thread is Big East 1st round games, should it say 2nd round? :cool:

[MU/Panther]

I don't understand what Providence is doing at all. They excel when they create turnovers and crash the glass. They've been sitting back in zone all game and Dayton has been getting wide open looks all night.
Not the team that was playing in MSG.

[MUwarrior1090]

I hope like hell that PC pulls this out but they have no business winning this game. Dayton has been the better team all 32 mins so far.

[MU/Panther]

Henton 5-20 shooting.

[Nukem2]

Henton 5-20 shooting.
Horrible game for Henton and Dunn. Also, the Friar zone really sucked. DesRosiers also has been a total non-factor against a small Dayton team.

[MU/Panther]

The ref gives a T.

[Nukem2]

The ref gives a T.
Cooley did his best Bobby Knight imitation tossing that chair........

[AlexJesswein]

Cooley did his best Bobby Knight imitation tossing that chair........

Not even close.

[MU/Panther]

The Big East want a bee's with a big win. Very disappointed in Providence.

[warriorfan4life]

The Big East want a bee's with a big win. Very disappointed in Providence.

Providence played like crap, but having to play a worse seed on the road and god-awful refs did not help their cause. If Dunn comes back, Providence will kick some major ass next year.

[Nukem2]

Not even close.
Didn't say better, just Cooley'sbest effort... ;)

[MU/Panther]

Providence played like crap, but having to play a worse seed on the road and god-awful refs did not help their cause. If Dunn comes back, Providence will kick some major ass next year.Boise State should have won at Dayton. Your right, Providence played it's worse game since losing at home to Brown in December.

[MUBasketball]

That T on Cooley was absolutely ridiculous! Why do refs lack such obvious common sense?

Regardless, they played horribly/Dayton completely took them out of their game. Very, very impressive by Dayton.

[Nukem2]

Boise State should have won at Dayton. Your right, Providence played it's worse game since losing at home to Brown in December.
Yep, The Friars layed a collective egg...Cooley should have thrown that chair in the first half.

[IrwinFletcher]

Is going to be interesting to see what Dunn does this summer. If he goes, paired with the loss of Henton, they will fall back to the pack in the BE next year.