Lets hope he is right. In March it is all about our match up in the 2nd round.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebas...a-is-on-a-remarkable-run-through-the-big-east

I find it amusing to read the Carolina board. I own a business on the outskirts of Charlotte and deal with many powder blue a-holes, I mean fans. Villanova is rarely mentioned but as the #4 team, we are beginning to surface. This characterizes the perception of Villanova in the Queen City:

"Who should end up being #1 seeds? In my opinion, UNC, Maryland, Oklahoma, and a mid major sneaks in as a #1 seed, probably Villanova. Outside of Villanova (due to their overall level of competition), the rest of those teams will probably have 4-5 losses each by tourney time. As tough as the Big 12 and ACC are this season, no game is ever a given. Should be interested, but I think UNC, Maryland, and Oklahoma will be the best teams at the end of the year."

a response after someone objected:

"I don't really care what we call them but the term 'mid-major' has nothing to do with whether it's a good program or not. Boston College is not a mid-major but they are god awful. To many, mid-major just means they aren't in the power 5 conferences, as defined by football and re-inforced with TV deals and national exposure. If you want to say the Big East is a major conference, go for it, but i wouldn't get to riled up when others don't."

Lastly:

"quazmarjones wrote: Missouri valley and big east are stuck in purgatory IMO based on routine NCAA dance attendance. They are a step up than most mid major conferences but not quite power 5."

"I agree in regards to the Missouri Valley (much like Conference University), but Big East was one of the Big Six for basketball (and really had supplanted the ACC as the elite basketball conference) up until we poached their schools a few years back. Having said that, they are definitely a mid-major conference now, but one with several historical basketball powerhouses in it. As such, it is currently the Pluto of conferences."

1. How is he allowed to do it?
2. Why doesn't Jay complain or point it out?

it is literally like having a 6th defender out there.

PS When Freddie was at Rutgers he was practically at the foul line during games....

I sincerely hope we do not adopt a policy like we did in Mouph's first year in that we went from an up-tempo team to a grind it out team. It troubles me somewhat that Jay can't dictate temple more than what we were doing. Either that is the case or we're making a decision like we did in Mouph's first year to play slow it down style. I realize our roster numbers are limited right now but with the team we have and are size we have to play games in the high 70s to 80s to be Successful and it definitely needs to be much more up-tempo rather than a grind it out style . I thought Jay's decision to switch tempo' resulted in the St. Mary's loss and the crash of that season and I'm hoping we don't make the same mistake twice

Seton Hall trash throwing a coin at Ochefu? Should have been a T. What a bunch of classless fans. Wish we never bought them over in the Big East, bring 0 value.

I'll miss him.

If I have to have a favorite UConn player, Cliff is it - used to run into him in a couple watering holes when he lived in Upper Saddle River, NJ for a few years......great guy.

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland...ll-star-oregon-weed-farmer-cliff.html?ana=twt

Sunday 1pm Wells Fargo Center

RobN

Are they for sale anywhere? I'd love to cop a pair of those shorts.

2 years in a row. We bout done here dawg.

Nothing earth-shattering:

• Praises seniors for allowing us to stay on top of a tough Big East
• Shout out for Darryl Reynolds for all the quality minutes he has provided last 5 games
• Quality of defense from Ochefu and versatility on offense
• Thinks the team has really learned a lot from OK and VA losses
• Calls Dunn and Bentil one of the top duos in the country

Still good pub for the program.

I read this tweet and my first thought was to reply to Gottleib and DeCourcy something like "FedEx me a bag stuffed with several grand in cash and I will gladly support you on this":
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Vote for Jay and his charity, the Augustinian fund. He only has 1 percent of the vote.

Where did the depth chart disappear to ??

Reynolds had to play some major minutes with Ochefu limited most of the game. Gave us a big lift, 8 boards. Great contribution, happy for him.

I only ask because they have been accused of a bias against the BE since they no longer broadcast them.
I haven't seen a full segment,but the college bball portion I did see only showed the WVU and MSU losses.

Looking at the schedule, realized we have 7 full days off after Saturday's game. Odd to have a full week off in the middle of the conference schedule. While it will be great to get the guys a bit of a breather going into final stretch, not sure what we (the fans) are going to do without a mid-week game to get ready for. Makes winning on Saturday even more important, IMHO

in advance of the pending snow storm......

http://6abc.com/weather/gov-wolf-declares-state-of-emergency-for-pennsylvania-/1168270/

could this force the game to be postponed??

http://mobile.philly.com/beta?wss=/philly/news/nation_world&id=366047471

A long time coming........

Didn't realize the league was in that much trouble.

cnn.com

FTL http://www.si.com/college-basketball/2016/01/21/duke-syracuse-iowa-state-bench-villanova-contender

How will this affect the game?

Ed Rendell when reached for comment: