Another slate of games, another round of picks from the BE&B staff. Staff picks at the bottom! Tuesday, January 6, 2015: Marquette at Georgetown, 7pm: Marquette proved me wrong by taking down Providence at home on Saturday. I am going against them again, but this time it’s on the road. Road underdogs are in trouble…
On Saturday, Villanova put its undefeated record on the line in Newark, NJ – and was served its first loss of the season at the hands of Sterling Gibbs and Seton Hall. Much has been written about the Wildcats and their high probability to win a second-straight Big East regular season title – but now…
Another 5-game slate in the Big East means another edition of BE&B Staff Picks! I’ll give you my picks and my reasoning – and the rest of the staff’s decisions can be seen at the bottom of the page. Here we go: 12:00pm #6 Villanova (-6.0) at Seton Hall: Seton Hall matches up well with…
Straight Up and Against the Spread Picks at the bottom! All data via Ken Pomeroy. 12:00pm: #15 St. John’s (-2.0) at Seton Hall No Isaiah Whitehead could be a problem for Seton Hall. The Pirates have relied on him for 29.4% of the offense when he is in the game this season. Who will step…
Stanford was ranked 52nd in Ken Pomeroy’s rankings. With the nation’s 24th most efficient offense, the Cardinal’s lone loss came against Duke on a neutral floor by only 11. Led by seniors Chasson Randle, Stefan Nastic, and Anthony Brown, Johnny Dawkins’s squad was picked to finish fifth in the Pac-12 behind Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and…
Hello! After a long hiatus, I have returned with this edition of Big East and Beyond Predictions! There is a slate of four games today that each member of our staff made a pick. In the first game of the day the Georgetown Hoyas take on the Providence Friars at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center. Both…
– Written by Rex – I hope you are enjoying the opening of Big East play as much as we are! We not only acknowledge great play on the hardwood, but we also take notice to the little things that go into the basketball atmosphere. Not that we are necessarily fashionistas, but there are some…
Throughout the season, I will take a look at some advanced statistics and apply them to all sorts of things. Last year, I looked at the strength of the NCAA Tournament bubble versus past years and how teams dependent on the 3-point shot typically perform in March. Disclaimer: I love Ken Pomeroy and his website.…
When Steve Wojciechowski’s Marquette Golden Eagles win games this year, it certainly isn’t going to be because of pretty offense. They are going to need to grind it out on the defensive end, or ride the hot hand of a particular player to pull out “ugly” wins. Tonight the sharpshooting of senior Matt Carlino carried…
The St. John’s Red Storm kick off the semifinals of the 2014 NIT Season Tip-Off tonight against the Minnesota Golden Gophers. Steve Lavin’s squad comes into the game at 3-0, but a spotless record does not fully explain their start. The Red Storm faced a halftime deficit against Division II Franklin Pierce, but rallied behind…
In the opening game of the Battle 4 Atlantis it was supposed to be the North Carolina Tar Heels exerting their will on the Butler Bulldogs. The Big East school had other ideas. The Bulldogs physically dominated the number five ranked Tar Heels on the glass on their way to a 74 to 66 win.…
The Battle 4 Atlantis basketball tournament in the Bahamas was the coming out party for the Villanova Wildcats last Thanksgiving. The Wildcats upset a top-five ranked Kansas Jayhawks team and then the Iowa Hawkeyes spring boarding them into the national spotlight for the remainder of the season. This year’s tournament has the potential to do the…
While many of the preseason college basketball tournaments are set to begin today and tomorrow, one wraps up tonight in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The Seton Hall Pirates are set to face the Illinois State Red Birds at 9:00 PM EST in the finals of the U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam. On paper it looked…
The Providence Friars had one heck of a weekend. After completely dismantling the Florida State Seminoles in the first round of the Hall of Fame Tip-Off, the Friars parlayed it a day later by beating the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 75 to 74. It wasn’t the same dominating performance, but it may have been…
Ladies and Gentlemen, after mass amounts of emails and fan mail, I am here to inform you that Mr. Potato Head is back and better than ever. Today, we will be taking a look into the upcoming games for the Villanova Wildcats that will take place at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York as…
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