(7) Big East Games on Saturday

11am- Georgetown at Syracuse, ESPN - Dave O'Brien, Jay Bilas
Line: Syracuse -8

11am- Wagner at Providence, FS1- Alex Faust, Vin Parise
Line: Providence -14.5

1pm- Chicago State at DePaul, FS1- Jeff Levering, Dickey Simpkins
Line: DePaul -13.5

4pm- 18 Butler vs 9 Indiana, BTN - Brian Anderson, Shon Morris
Line: Indiana -4

5pm- Delaware at Seton Hall, FS2 - Rich Ackerman, Tom Pecora
Line: Seton Hall -18

7pm- Wake Forest at 17 Xavier, FS1- Gus Johnson, Tarik Turner
Line: Xavier -9

7pm- Oral Roberts at 10 Creighton, FS2- Steve Physioc, Nick Bahe
Line: Creighton -26

Opportunities for some nice wins. Indiana, Syracuse, and Wake in particular.

I am certainly not expecting GTown to win at Syracuse. The Hoyas have an awful lot of talent, even with the loss of Copeland, probably as much talent overall as any team in the league. But they haven't been able to put it together, at least at this point.

I mean, think about their roster. They have both Hayes and Govan at the 5. They have Derrickson at the 4. They have Pryor and Peak on the wings.

At point, a freshman is getting more mpg than Campbell and the juco A-A they brought in, but all they need at point is someone to get the ball to the other players.

I still think the Hoyas are a very dangerous team, especially with all of their size up front. We'll see what happens today. I have to admit I'm hoping they don't "put it all together" before we play them in our first conference game.

Indiana-Butler should be a good game. It sure would be nice if the Bulldogs could pull off the upset.

Providence is on 31-0 run over the past 12 minutes. Wagner is not bad, as they won a NIT road game last season. 35-10, late in the first half on FS1.

Hoyas looked much better today.....still turned it over a bunch but impressive win on the road.

Nice win for Georgetown - looked like they were going to throw it away again.

Great game between Butler and Indiana so far. Butler up 4 (22-18).

Butler up 42-28 at half. Butler playing big time "D"!!!!!

Butler up 14...... playing great.....took advantage of foul trouble for IU's best player.....or at least most important.

Memphis winning at Oklahoma, helps Providence.

K. Martin with 24 points for Butler.

Other major game of note. Kentucky leads North Carolina at halftime 56-51.

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K. Martin with 24 points for Butler.

Other major game of note. Kentucky leads North Carolina at halftime 56-51.

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Neither of those coaches can coach defense.

Huge day for the conference. Butler with a huge win over Indiana and G'town with an impressive road win at Syracuse

Butler beats Ind. That was a great college basketball game!!!!

That Crossroads Classic is great with Purdue, Notre Dame, Indiana and Butler.

Seton Hall up on Delaware 43-32 on FS2

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Neither of those coaches can coach defense.

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Well, roadrunner type game.

Butler is now 5-1 in the Crossroads Classic. Best record of the 4 teams.

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Well, roadrunner type game.

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UNC- Kentucky was amazing and great for college basketball. Great execution by both teams and really talented players making plays.

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UNC- Kentucky was amazing and great for college basketball. Great execution by both teams and really talented players making plays.

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I agree. Helmet head bashes basketball. That a football fan, if some didn't get the Tim Brando line. Great scoring. It was a total of 15 turnovers combined. Great shooting. Great atmosphere.

Xavier up on Wake Forest 29-28 on FS1.

Creighton up on Oral Roberts 34-26 on FS2

Xavier very lose with the ball. Lots of turnovers.....Xavier fans not happy with the play of Omara.

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UNC- Kentucky was amazing and great for college basketball. Great execution by both teams and really talented players making plays.

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Monk was otherworldly - just insane.

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Xavier very lose with the ball. Lots of turnovers.....Xavier fans not happy with the play of Omara.

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Sloppy as hell.

Creighton tied with Oral Roberts with 9 minutes to go. OR hasn't beaten a d-1 team this season. Creighton was 99% chance to win per pomeroy.

Anything can happen in college basketball.

Oral Roberts up by 1 with under 4 minutes left. It was 5.

Oral Roberts took a 65-60 lead with 6:07 to play. Doesn't score the rest of the way. Creighton held on 66-65.

Xavier holds on to beat Wake Forest 69-65. Big East 7-0 today!

Creighton survives....really got lucky.....few teams good enough not to have any clunkers.....fortunately for them they had one against Oral Roberts.


Xavier survives too. . Good to win when you don't play well......great day for the conference RPI.

Vandy came back to win late against Chattanooga. Good day for the RPI. Michigan, Pitt, Georgia, IUPUI won as well.....only Western Carolina lost.