Listen, I know this past week has been rough. I’ve been particularly quiet (partly due to the site-move and partly due to my vile armchair-reaction to Saturday’s loss). But, I woke up today with new hope. The BIG EAST Tournament (the best week of the year) is upon us. Sure, the crappy teams are playing today, but 1 of these games has a direct impact on who Villanova will be playing, and Villanova despearately needs to build some momentum before The Dance starts next week.
So here is your lineup for Tuesday:
12:00 p.m.: #9 South Florida (19-11, 9-9) vs. #16 DePaul (8-22, 1-17) – ESPN2
2:00 p.m.: #12 Connecticut (17-14. 7-11) vs. #13 St. John’s (16-14, 6-12) – ESPN2
7:00 p.m.: #10 Seton Hall (18-11, 9-9) vs. #15 Providence (12-18, 4-14) – ESPNU
9:00 p.m.: #11 Cincinnati (16-14, 7-11) vs. #14 Rutgers (15-16, 5-13) – ESPNU
The UConn-St. John’s game is obviously the most important one for Villanova fans today. The winner will take on Marquette tomorrow, and the winner of that game will face Villanova on Thursday. You all know I grew up a UConn fan and I still have a soft spot for the Huskies. I think they need 2 wins here to feel better on Selection Sunday. But I want no part of UConn on Thursday. For one, they’ve shown they can beat us. And second, I don’t want to see them on a 2-game winning streak knowing if they beat us on Thursday they are definitely going dancing.
Then again, we all know how difficult it is to beat a team 3 times in a season, and we’ve won 4 straight going back to last year over ‘Quette. They’ll be out for blood. So yeah, let’s go Johnnies!
It’s gonna be a great week!
Brian
March 9, 2010
UConn loses by 22 to SJU. They havent won a single game in the Big East tournament since 2005, before the league expanded to 16 teams.
How did we lose to them???