Congrats, Big East fans! Your conference is the only undefeated one left! Of course DePaul had to give us a bit of a scare, but that’s okay because we didn’t expect much from them anyways.
We have an exciting week of Big East basketball as the Gavitt Tipoff games scatter themselves across the work week. Three games kick off the Big East-Big Ten challange at 7:00 tonight and St. John’s-Minnesota closes out the event on Friday.
I’m sure you’re all drooling over tonight’s Purdue-Villanova top 15 matchup (no, I don’t get the Big Ten Network either) but please mark your calendars for Thursday, November 17th at 8:30pm when Rutgers visits DePaul. Fox Sports 1 will air this Final Four preview.
But seriously, it’s great to see great opponents so early on in the season. Villanova tested themselves out early last season with Oklahoma and Virginia and it put this team on the right track.
As I write this, the AP poll is released and I see Xavier fell to 11th in the country. I understand they almost lost at home to Lehigh, but falling 4 spots seems very harsh. Dishonest media trying to tarnish the Big East reputation. Sad!
In short: #WeAreGood, Rutgers-DePaul, great games, Big Ten Network > FS1, Damn Xavier.
Day | Time | Road | Home | TV |
Monday | 6:30pm | Binghamton Bearcats | St. John's Red Storm | FS1 |
Monday | 7:00pm | (3) Villanova Wildcats | (15) Purdue Boilermakers | BTN |
Monday | 7:00pm | Vermont Catamounts | Providence Friars | FS2 |
Monday | 7:00pm | Buffalo Bulls | (11) Xavier Musketeers | CBSSN |
Monday | 8:30pm | Howard Bison | Marquette Golden Eagles | FS1 |
Tuesday | 6:30pm | Maryland Terrapins | Georgetown Hoyas | FS1 |
Tuesday | 8:30pm | (9) Wisconsin Badgers | (22) Creighton Bluejays | FS1 |
Wednesday | 7:00pm | Northwestern Wildcats | Butler Bulldogs | FS1 |
Thursday | 11:30am (wtf) | Western Michigan Broncos | (3) Villanova Wildcats | ESPN2 |
Thursday | 1:00pm | (11) Xavier Musketeers | Missouri Tigers | ESPNU |
Thursday | 6:30pm | Arkansas State Red Wolves | Georgetown Hoyas | FS1 |
Thursday | 7:00pm | Providence Friars | Ohio State Buckeyes | BTN |
Thursday | 8:30pm | Rutgers Scarlet Knights | DePaul Blue Demons | FS1 |
Thursday | 9:00pm | Seton Hall Pirates | Iowa Hawkeyes | BTN |
Thursday | 9:30pm | Michigan Wolverines | Marquette Golden Eagles | ESPN2 |
Friday | 8:30pm | Washington State Cougars | (22) Creighton Bluejays | CBSSN |
Friday | 9:00pm | St. John's Red Storm | Minnesota Golden Gophers | BTN |
Saturday | 12:00pm | Grambling State Tigers | Providence Friars | FS2 |
Saturday | 2:00pm | Bucknell Bison | Butler Bulldogs | |
Sunday | 1:30pm | UW-Milwaukee Panthers | DePaul Blue Demons | FS1 |