Big East Tournament thread #1 W @2 UConn

[muskieman]

Starting of Wednesday, March 11 6:30
MSG New York City, N.Y.

The No. 10 seed Xavier University Musketeers will take on the No. 7 seed Marquette University Golden Eagles
Xavier and Marquette are meeting for the second-straight year in their BIG EAST Tournament opener.

Tre Carroll was named to the All-BIG EAST Conference First Team by the league coaches

TV: Peacock and the NBC Sports Network with play-by-play from John Fanta and analysis from Donny Marshall. Caroline Pineda is the courtside reporter.
Xavier Radio: 700 WLW

[longliveskip]

not feeling good about this game. any word on Carroll playing?

[muskieman]

Providence comes back from down 16 to win by ten, 91-81 over Butler

[Kevin Reilly]

Filip was too timid. Too much hesitation. Jovan played well. We need to get Carroll going. We have to move a lot faster on defense. Way to much standing around. Standing still and allowing the other team to send two defenders at Carroll isn't going to work. Who ever is left unguarded needs to cut to the basket . I liked the zone. it took James out of there offense.

[Kevin Reilly]

I meant we have to move much faster on offense. We are dribbling slowly 30 feet from the basket. Put Pop's in

[Kevin Reilly]

Need a stop and some defensive rebounds. Put Pop's in. We are not getting the long rebounds

[muskieman]

ZONE D

[Kevin Reilly]

Found a way to win. Carroll is clutch. Anderson saved the season with his recovery after a bad turnover. Really nice to see them win a close game. Great to move on and let's get UConn.

[muskieman]

Okay, raise your hand if you thought X would be playing tomorrow, be honest

[ChitownSteve]

Thought the Musketeers could win, but had reservations that they would win. Kudos to Coach Pitino and the Team on tonight’s victory. Also, a shout out to those X fans at the Garden rooting on the Musketeers. We could hear you.

A true nail-biter throughout the contest and an outright Stress Test at the end. A win over Marquette and Shaka Smart is always cherished by this South Sider.