Welcome to The Holy Land of Hoops

Love having the support of everyone. Sucked to see Marquette lose tonight, but it was an incredible season for you guys and next year should be incredible too.

For the Jays, Huskies, and Musketeers fans - let’s keep it going!

As I tweeted, I was crushed for Marquette today. Terrible start to today’s game but there was a stretch that I felt like they had an opportunity to pull away. If Shaka gets everyone to return, they’ll be preseason Top 10 for sure.

Stoked for the 3 remaining teams. I could legitimately make a case that any - or all - could make it to the Final 4 or beyond. Should be a fun week in Big East country. And an awesome weekend to come.

admin wrote:Should be a fun week in Big East country. And an awesome weekend to come.

Gonna be crazy with 3 upcoming games + probably 3 new coaches.

Times/Networks for Sweet 16:
Arkansas/UConn 7:15 CBS Thu
Princeton/Creighton 9pm TBS Fri
Xavier/Texas 9:45pm CBS Fri

Great to see we’ve got 3 in the Sweet Sixteen. Only the SEC matches us.

Big East - 3
SEC - 3 (Bama, Arkansas, Tennessee)
Big 12 - 2. (Kansas St and Texas)
Big 10 - 1. (Mich St)
ACC - 1. (Miami)
Pac 12 - 1. (UCLA)
Others - 5

sju88grad wrote:Great to see we’ve got 3 in the Sweet Sixteen. Only the SEC matches us.

Big East - 3
SEC - 3 (Bama, Arkansas, Tennessee)
Big 12 - 2. (Kansas St and Texas)
Big 10 - 1. (Mich St)
ACC - 1. (Miami)
Pac 12 - 1. (UCLA)
Others - 5

tied for most different conferences ever making sweet 16 with 11.

Not bad.

I echo those sentiments on Marquette. Just an awesome season for you guys. Clearly the Kings of the BE with both regular and BET Championships. Seeing Izzo & Michigan State in March is never a picnic. The future is bright for next year and beyond.

An even earlier way too early top 10 for next year from Bart Torvik:

2024 T-Rank College Basketball Projections
RK TEAM
1 Arizona
2 Connecticut
3 Marquette
4 Houston
5 Creighton
6 Alabama
7 Kentucky
8 Kansas
9 Gonzaga
10 Michigan
It falsely assumes that all underclassmen return and nobody signs a transfer, so of course it's flawed, but still pretty impressive.

https://www.barttorvik.com/trankpre.php

DanofXav76 wrote:I echo those sentiments on Marquette. Just an awesome season for you guys. Clearly the Kings of the BE with both regular and BET Championships. Seeing Izzo & Michigan State in March is never a picnic. The future is bright for next year and beyond.

So we have to know - better to win the Big East tourney or have a deep NCAA run?