I Bleed Blue and White

When the BIG EAST schedule was first released, we broke it down into different portions, outlining the difficulties of each. Back then, we looked at the upcoming 4-game stretch as by far the “easiest” of this rugged conference schedule. The 4 games are as follows:

• Tomorrow at Rutgers (0-5 in conference)
• Saturday at St. John’s (2-3)
• Next Wednesday vs. Notre Dame (3-3)
• Next Saturday vs. Seton Hall (1-4)

In my opinion, losing to either Rutgers or St. John’s is worthy of the students burning down The Pavilion. Both aren’t very good (although St. John’s does have some talent), but with where we are at both as a program and a team this year, those should both be easy victories. I don’t care if they aren’t pretty. Just win them. Please.

As for the Irish and the Pirates, those will be a little tougher. Notre Dame has one of the best offensive players in the country in Luke Harangody (although I’m pretty sure he’s never heard of the word ‘defense’) and if they have a hot shooting night, are very capable of pulling an upset. That game being home makes me feel a lot better.

And the same goes for Seton Hall. Everybody’s pick for breakout team of the year has fizzled at the start, but they still have plenty of talent led by Jeremy Hazell (who will score 40 points on 35 shots – guaranteed). Plus, with how our game went with them last year, they will be gunning for us. Nothing to turn a season around like beating a Top 10 team on the road – at our place.

In my eyes, we really should go 4-0 here and be 9-0 in the conference when we head back to Georgetown. We’ll see if the team plays down to the competition, or if they take advantage of this stretch and blow everyone away. This could be the stretch where we can put some space between us and everybody else.