Co-Host of
@BulldogBarkPod
. Proud Butler Alumni. Butler Basketball superfan, Big East supremacist. Go Damn Dawgs. Occasional Boston sports commentator.
Listen, UConn went 18-2 in the Big East. By absolutely no means did they really struggle that much.
BUT- they didn’t make it look this easy, usually. Against teams that weren’t nearly as highly thought of as SDSU.
The best conference is the Big East, folks. No debate.
Too bad.
Super happy with the fight, the effort. No reason to come out of this game believing anything negative about this team, in my opinion.
Shoutout to Providence and their fans. Class act and loud act.
Every Big East team should accept a NIT bid and we should have 6 of the final 8 in the NIT be Big East teams.
Just make it the BE tournament part 2.
Would be kinda fun right?
Student Section Power Rankings
Win games for their team:
Providence
Butler
Marquette
Inconsistent but amazing when on:
Xavier
UConn
Villanova
Creighton
Bad:
St. John’s
You have a student section?:
DePaul
Georgetown
Seton Hall
Something being overlooked is if I’m Baylor Schiermann I’m just going straight through Shaka’s chest, that would have been the best way to ensure a tech.
Midnight tweet for no reason- Cooper Flagg made a mistake.
Looking at both UConn vs. Duke as a program, and a development tool…
Looking at the Big East vs. the ACC…
He made a mistake.
Read this thread everyone (some insane behavior from Jeff Goodman) but more importantly
As BE twitter, let’s give a massive hand to the man
@BlueDemonDegen
.
👏👏👏👏👏 beer is on me anytime, my friend.
I made
@BigEastFilms
and Divine Providence.
Now that the Big East has suspended the account on twitter/X and the series has been cancelled i feel comfortable saying this.
🧵 (i hate threads but i stopped paying for my blog’s domain name, kinda locked in, sorry)
I’ll preface this with the fact that I’m not always the biggest Barstool fan ever
But if Barstool, Portnoy, Titus, etc. see this and take to it as they have been, they should reach out to
@BlueDemonDegen
and at the very least offer to help him continue making them.
Would rock
Here’s an idea.
Every year, the “Champions Classic” consists of the last 4 programs to win a national championship.
This year, that would be UConn, Kansas, Baylor and Virginia.
I just think that concept would be so much more fun than what we have.
Really good:
UConn
MU
I think really good:
PC
Creighton
Butler
Good, I’m like 75% sure:
St. John’s
Villanova
Bad, I think? Who knows:
Xavier
Seton Hall
Definitely bad:
Georgetown
Merry Christmas:
DePaul
The NIT is a deeper tourney than the NCAA tournament.
The worst teams in the NIT are better than about 20 teams in the NCAAs unironically.
Obv I would rather be in the Big Dance but it’s just interesting to me how unpredictable this NIT will be.
This isn’t just a lateral move program stature wise, it’s a downward move.
Happy to have him out of the BE, frustrating to watch as a college basketball fan.
Former Seton Hall star Dre Davis has committed to Ole Miss, per his agent Noah Reisenfeld of Young Money APAA Sports. Davis committed on his visit to Oxford. He averaged 15.0 ppg and 5.9 rpg for the NIT champion Pirates.
Been to three away venues this year- let’s category rank em.
Atmosphere
1: Dunk
2: CA
3: Cintas
Concessions
1: Cintas
2: Dunk
3: CA
Confort
1: Dunk
2: Cintas
3: CA
Layout
1: Dunk
2: Cintas
3: CA
Fan Passion
1: Dunk
15: Cintas
16: CA
Rooting for Providence going forward.
Love that team and that coach. Hope a disagreement on a call doesn’t change my standing in PC twitter😂.
Hope to see them again at MSG.
I feel awful for DJ Davis.
He made a mistake at the end of the game sure, but played well overall and has put his heart and soul into this team.
I love him as a player, and our whole fanbase should put our arm around his back as it was clear to see he was hurt emotionally. 💙
I picked Hall dead last in my pre season rankings. Wow.
I owe every person associated with that program a sincere apology. Doing what they are doing with the resources they are doing it with is insane. Likable team too.
Right now, they look like Final Four contenders.
Big East teams as European football clubs with no explanation
CU- Aston Villa
MU- Barcelona
Georgetown- Man United
PC- Liverpool
XU- AC Milan
UConn- Bayern Munich
DePaul- Sheffield United
SJU- Arsenal
Butler- Dortmund
SHU- Atletico Madrid
Nova- Juventus
Current tiers:
Yeah ur gonna be insane:
Marquette
Has minor issues but still very very good:
UConn
Creighton
Providence
Looked great but you’ve played nobody:
Butler
SHU
I have no idea:
Xavier
Disappointing but time to fix:
SJU
Nova
Mac Jones tier:
DePaul
Georgetown
Barry Collier.
He was here when we were nothing.
He was here when we were in 2 Final Fours.
And he is here, now, actively starting a “Xavier Sucks” chant.
The best in our history.
News: After an incredible 32-win season + run to the NIT championship game with Indiana State, Josh Schertz is expected to accept Saint Louis’ offer to be its next coach, sources told
@CBSSports
. SLU has been by waiting on Schertz for weeks.
Story:
I do hate you,
@quincyolivari
…
But goddamn it do I respect you
Hell of a player, hell of a person in the community. Prob the only Xavier player ever that I genuinely wish was a Bulldog.
Good luck tomorrow and respect.
Current BE Team predictions
UConn: 1 seed
Marquette: 2 seed
Creighton: 6 seed
Butler: 10 seed
Providence: 11 seed
Seton Hall: Last Four In
Villanova: First Four Out/NIT
St. John’s: NIT
Xavier: No postseason
Georgetown: No postseason
DePaul: No postseason
(Some) Xavier fans going after Miller is so funny. Sometimes the IQ of that fanbase is ridiculous. Their roster just ain’t on the level it was last year.
Xavier should do anything to keep him. Ur not gonna get a better coach at Xavier than him. Same with Butler and Thad.
Three things about Joel Soriano that piss me off
1: he hangs on the rim for a tech-level amount of time every time he dunks
2: he travels every time he has the ball
3: he’s really good
Rick Pitnino
Danny Hurley
Ed Cooley?
Shaka Smart
Greg McDermott
Thad Matta
Sean Miller
Tony Stubblefield
Shaheed Halloway
Kyle Neptune
Literally every coach is a B or better. Best damn confrence in the country.
@BigEastBarroom
@ryancassidycbb
BE Award Predictions (way-too-early)- lemme know what you think!
POY: Bryce Hopkins
2nd: Kam Jones
COY: Kyle Neptune
2nd: Rick Pitino
FOY: Finley Bizjack
2nd: Stephon Castle
6MOY: Lance Ware
2nd: Chase Ross
DOPY: Devin Carter
2nd: Posh Alexander
Made it to my first Premier League game today in Brighton. Luton fans were unbelievable, home fans kinda mild but can imagine other fanbases going nuts. 4-1 win Brighton. Awesome league with awesome fans. To totally get why it’s the most popular sports league in the world.
My OFFICIAL BE PREDICTIONS:
NCAA teams:
UConn
Marquette
Creighton
St. John’s
NIT:
Butler
Xavier
Seton Hall
Villanova and Providence will be invited to the NIT but reject the invitation.
Butler fans-
PLEASE be at Hinkle on Thursday. And be loud. This is a massive game, win and we are in a really, really good position. We need Hinkle packed. Get tickets, bring friends, tell others. Need a great crowd.
I have never been to a BE game that’s not Hinkle or the BE tournament in MSG. Here’s my top 5 arenas I wanna see for a game
1: The Dunk
2: Gampel
3: Cintas (wanna see BU-X from the other arena, would be kinda cool)
4: CHI Health
5: Fiserv
Big East Coaches Tier List
Rick Pitino Tier:
Pitino
Absolutely elite tier:
Miller
McDermott
Shaka Smart
Psycho tier:
Hurley
I need improvement tier:
Matta
Halloway
Neptune
Stubblefield
Who? Tier:
English
No controversy tier:
Cooley
I will not be taking slander, thanks.
Just gonna leave this here.
Xavier is 10-10 and Nova is 11-10.
I know they have good wins.
Under no circumstances should either of them be on bracketology radars right now.
Thad Matta
People doubted him for not being good with a team that WASN’T HIS last year.
He had an off-season to bring in his guys. Immediate results.
He’s Thad Matta. Not washed, not nothing. Thad Matta. The same one that made two final fours. Thad Matta.
It was a tough one. But to be honest, I’m super proud of this squad. Marquette is super duper legit, and we battled to the end (again) against them.
We are more than a tourney team, we are a really really great team. And I love us.
Finley is here.
Kim English Apology Form
Reasons for doubting:
I was told he coached a mid team
I didn’t know who he was
I thought everyone would leave
Apology:
After watching his live last night and press conference, I hereby finally see the light and formally apologize to Kim.
@FriardUp
I want all BE teams to win in the Gavitt Games.
However
If Nova loses to Maryland on Friday it may be objectively the funniest night of BE twitter since I’ve been on this platform.
My dad was able to come to campus from the east coast (NJ) and teach some classes today from what he’s experienced professionally.
Then he came to one of, if not the best basketball environment I’ve been a part of and was REALLY part of it.
Today meant to world to me.🥺
Can’t f***ing wait for the Friars to come to Hinkle Feb. 10th.
These two teams play a hell of a fun basketball game against each other, and I have a feeling the game at Hinkle is gonna be another classic too.
Thad Matta mentions that his Ohio State 2008 team won the NIT shortly after he took over the program, and that helped propel the program to the heights they reached.
Hopes to achieve the same here at Butler.
Hot take (sorry UConn fans) (and apparently UNC fans for some reason?)
Claiming any city that ISN’T the city you play in to be “yours” is just really dumb.
In general.