Thanks To A Man Named Dangly Sack - There Was Never A Doubt The Last Two Days Of Big East Basketball Would Be Batshit Crazy

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I know people like to shit on the college basketball regular season. I get it. You don't think it matters because it's not March despite these games being the ones that get you to March. It's a niche sport. I completely understand. But the last two days of Big East basketball is why you're wrong. I posted the 3 losers for a reason. They are the 3 that everyone thought would sort of run away with the Big East (an argument for Nova not far behind was fair). 

But this isn't me trying to convince you to watch college basketball. This is me writing about the Big East because it's fucking awesome. There's something that just works with the Big East - from the original version to this version. It's my favorite overall league to just put on and watch. Typically the offenses are awesome, flying around and what not which is easy to watch when you don't have a rooting interest. 

I also just want to talk about these three games because it's about to be Christmas so why not. First we had the Marquette/Providence game. Devin Carter just kicked Marquette's ass. This will be more about the Friars because we know who Marquette is when healthy. Providence though? I can't figure them out completely. They have the pieces and Carter has taken a huge jump this year. Improved his shooting, still defends like a motherfucker. They also just don't lose at home and now they can pile up some quad 1 wins there. But the real story? The Dangly Sack game: 

I personally like Tyler Kolek. He's hilarious when he tries to talk shit and posting his transcript because a man named Dangly Sack called him illiterate a few hours before the game is so dumb, I laughed. Sue me. But Dangly Sack got the best of this one. 

Then earlier last night we had Seton Hall dominate UConn. Quick sidenote, we gotta come up with some sort of order of these type of wins. Me personally it's this from closest to biggest blowout:

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1. Beat

2. Whooped 

3. Dominated

4. Ass kicking

5. Shit pumping 

Okay back to Seton Hall/UConn, let's be honest. The real story is that Donovan Clingan got hurt. 

He already had foot problems coming into the year and now you're talking about a large man with a bum ankle? Not great. Gotta get him healthy before February. I don't think it even would have mattered that much last night. Spencer/Karaban were lost without shots going in. Seton Hall went on a huge run in the first half and then just never let go. It was easily the best they looked under Holloway - including the wins over UConn/Providence last year. Maybe Danny Hurley doesn't want to beat his college team? Something to think about. 

Finally, we had the game last night in OT. Let's get to the point. Fuck refs. I say that because they somehow went 0-for-3 on one single review with 6 seconds to go in regulation of a tie game. Here's the play: 

Looks pretty simple right? Sure. The call on the floor was out of bounds Nova ball. What makes it even more crazy, here's the clear shot clock by Schierman: 

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Should have been Nova ball with 6 seconds left instead it was somehow Creighton's ball with 3 seconds to go. It makes no sense. This is why we need refs to do press conferences. Everyone from Raftery to Twitter to the teams knew it was Nova's ball and they just randomly gave it to Creighton. If Kyle Neptune punched a ref I would have understood. You can review shot clock violations too, so there's no reason for them to come out of the review with this. 

Had to get that off my chest. The star? Eric Dixon. Dude just dominates Creighton and did so again. Good luck figuring Nova out. They have wins over UNC, Creighton, Memphis and UCLA with losses to St. Joe's, Drexel and Penn. Okay, maybe just don't play in the Big 5 and they can figure it out. I will say, I do think it weirdly helped without Justin Moore. Guys like Longino got thrown into the fire more and looked better. But you gotta get Moore back now for conference play. 

As for Creighton? I once again never understood the preseason hype. Yes, their highs are super high. When the offense is on fire, they look like they can beat anyone. Except they haven't. They have a home win over Alabama (who hasn't beaten anyone) and that's it. They are 0-2 against Mountain West teams. They blew a 14-point second half lead to Nova at home. They are basically the same team as last year who did this and ended up as a 6 seed except they don't have Nembhard/Aluma. You can just bully their backcourt and attack anyone on the perimeter not named Trey Alexander. They don't know what to do when the game slows down and turns physical. 

I know a lot of words there but I wanted to blog about the Big East. Shout out Dangly Sack, shout out Bill Raftery.