(2) Wednesday Night Big East Games 1/12/22

[MackNova]

Shocked that XU didn’t get the win tonight. Glad I didn’t bet that one.

Villanova now 15-3 ATS against Xavier in the new Big East.

Villanova has to be the heavy league favorite right now. Both games vs Xavier and Creighton and a road game under Seton Hall out of the way. Even the "easier" game, @DePaul, is still a road game. Nova is likely a double-digit favorite in the next 5 games, so it will start to put some distance in the standings most likely.

If any other team wants to win the league, it will likely need to beat Villanova at its place. Providence and UConn have 2 shots at Nova left, while Seton Hall only has a road game at Nova. Maybe Xavier can pull off a 2017-18 and destroy everyone else in the league besides Nova, or maybe Creighton is better on the road than I think they'll be, but Nova has already banked two of the toughest road games in the league.

[stever20]

Shocked that XU didn’t get the win tonight. Glad I didn’t bet that one.

Villanova now 15-3 ATS against Xavier in the new Big East.

Villanova has to be the heavy league favorite right now. Both games vs Xavier and Creighton and a road game under Seton Hall out of the way. Even the "easier" game, @DePaul, is still a road game. Nova is likely a double-digit favorite in the next 5 games, so it will start to put some distance in the standings most likely.

If any other team wants to win the league, it will likely need to beat Villanova at its place. Providence and UConn have 2 shots at Nova left, while Seton Hall only has a road game at Nova. Maybe Xavier can pull off a 2017-18 and destroy everyone else in the league besides Nova, or maybe Creighton is better on the road than I think they'll be, but Nova has already banked two of the toughest road games in the league.

yeah and with sweep of Xavier- going to make it pretty hard for team to beat Nova in tiebreakers. Would need to hope that they sweep Creighton and Creighton finishes higher than Xavier- which would be pretty tough combo. Oh, and get the split against Nova.

[Xudash]

So, thank God I had a dinner function to attend this evening.

Congrats Nova. Jay Wright is special. Enjoy him for as long as you have him.

p.s. thank God I did not officially post “kitty kitty“.

[GumbyDamnit!]

Holy Crap Champagnie! SJU down all game; hits 3 to take lead with 5 secs to go. Wow!

[Omaha1]

If UConn blows this wow just wow.

[GumbyDamnit!]

OT. Shame. SJU just needed to box out and game over.

[DeadHeadHoya]

What a ball game . Again .

[Omaha1]

OT. Shame. SJU just needed to box out and game over.

True but then they also got bailed out by Sanogo missing free throws during both of his trips in the final seconds.

[kayako]

Would be a huge boost for either team.

[GumbyDamnit!]

Wow UConn getting the benefit of the doubt at home in OT IMO.