Wondering who everyone would rather play. Depaul still has to play Butler at home tomorrow. If they win, do they have the tiebreaker over Creighton? I'm assuming that they do, since Creighton isn't locked into 5th, at least as far as I know. I thought I'd never say it, but I'd take Creighton again, Depaul pushed us around twice.
Demons or Bluejays?
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DePaul for statistical reasons. Hard for me to believe they would beat us three times in a year.
Definitely not Depaul. Creighton is a better matchup for us and they historically dont do great at the Garden. Neither does Depaul for that matter but they beat us there recently in the BET.
Depaul swept Creighton, so they get the 5 seed if they win.
I’d much rather play Depaul. Revenge and hard to beat a team 3x in a season.
I’d much rather play Depaul. Revenge and hard to beat a team 3x in a season.
as much as DePaul has talent I too would take my chance with not getting beat 3 times by an average team.
THAT was painful. We lost, no we WON! No, we lost.
I'm with CatholicMan on this one. I believe that the notion that it's difficult to beat a team 3x in a season is a myth. Not taking into account any matchup advantages or disadvantages, I feel like DePaul has our number this year and I don't want any part of them. I lean Creighton.
Creighton has made five championship game appearances since they joined the league. 5 in 11 tournaments. That's TERRIFIC. But you think they don't do great there? LOL.
Meanwhile, our program hasn't won a single BET game in four years. That could change Thursday, but let's look inward before we throw stones at others who have been hugely successful at this event.
Lol. You just can't handle the truth and the facts as they are, like many on here.
I would prefer to play DePaul again. Going 0-2 against them is obnoxious.
And the 3PT shot with Creighton always worries me. McDermott has owned Sha, although so does Holtmann right now too, LOL.
And the 3PT shot with Creighton always worries me. McDermott has owned Sha, although so does Holtmann right now too, LOL.
And if this is Mac’s swan song that team may kill itself to make a run.
Finished 2 games behind Seton Hall but beat Seton Hall twice. They were certainly in the class of Seton Hall.
I actually hope Creighton cause at least even we lose and I get annoyed with them and can hate them ( F their BS luck GW against us), I still deeply respect a coach like Mcdermott and their program unlike "Bought" Johns.
Depaul just seems to be a terrible matchup and they seem to want to beat us badly and want us to be in their position to total trash as a program. If we were actually bad I wouldn't mind the losses, but being 20-11 and we arguably screwed our season losing to this mid team is frustrating. End of day they got to win each game from now on. Have to win three straight. Tough considering the stakes, pressure, and competition but this isn't 8th seed having to win whole NBA finals over KD/Steph Warriors, but this team doesn't seem to have the discipline to do it.
Depaul just seems to be a terrible matchup and they seem to want to beat us badly and want us to be in their position to total trash as a program. If we were actually bad I wouldn't mind the losses, but being 20-11 and we arguably screwed our season losing to this mid team is frustrating. End of day they got to win each game from now on. Have to win three straight. Tough considering the stakes, pressure, and competition but this isn't 8th seed having to win whole NBA finals over KD/Steph Warriors, but this team doesn't seem to have the discipline to do it.
Metrics are meaningful but so is your conference record and your head to head record. DePaul is not better than Seton Hall but certainly in the same class.
I just offered my opinion. And Creighton has fallen short in the BET despite having enormous amounts of talent. Context is important. I was not trashing the Bluejays, only stating my preference for the Pirates playing them rather than Depaul in the opening round.
Expecting to have a rational, logical, objective, fact-based discussion of this topic is like trying to discuss the war in Ukraine with Russian-media. If you can avoid the trap, probably best to allow him to discuss this with his therapist.
Your opinion isn't backed up by any facts. Creighton has done very well in the BET overall.
Goes without saying that in a normal year, McDermott's offense wouldn't be something I'd like to run into in the BE tournament. This is a different Creighton team though. I probably like this matchup better than Depaul for us, but it is close.
