6 games going on tonight:

BE

• St. John's at College of Charleston (1-0) in the Charleston CLassic
• Louisville at home vs. Samford (Tomato can) in the Battle for Atlantis
• Providence vs. Massachusetts (1-0) in the Puerto Rico Tip-Off
• DePaul at home vs. Gardner-Webb (Tomato can) in the Cancun Challenge
• Villanova vs. Purdue (1-1) in the 2K Sports Classic in NYC
  

NOTE:

Loiusville game is at KFC Yum Center (1st round games in the Battle for Atlantis being held at home court of higher ranked team before heading to the Bahamas)
Depual game is in Chicago for same reason.
Nova game is at MSG.
Providence game is in P.R. (awesome road trip!)

nBE

• SMU at TCU (2-0)
  

Big conference match up for Nova, a grudge match for SMU in Larry Brown's second game & a new england pi$$in contest for the Friars. I say 4-2 tonight.

[FINAL]
nBE goes 4-2 Tonight:

Won

Cards
SJU
Nova (best win of the night)
SMU

Lost

Depaul
Providence (6 scholarship players available)

I can't remember if I've asked this or not but what does "Tomato Can" mean?

(11-15-2012 01:39 PM)krux Wrote:  I can't remember if I've asked this or not but what does "Tomato Can" mean?

Yeah right, and I can't remeber if I answered before but how about this from Wiki:

Quote:In boxing, kickboxing or mixed martial arts, "tomato can" or simply "tomato" or "can" is an idiom for a fighter with poor or diminished skills (at least when compared with the opponent they are placed against) who may be considered an easy opponent to defeat, or a "guaranteed win." Fights with "tomato cans" can be arranged to inflate the win total of a professional fighter.

Maxim - Boxing's 10 Greatest Tomato Cans

(11-15-2012 12:55 PM)TheRock Wrote:  Louisville at home vs. Samford (Tomato can) in the Battle for Atlantis
Providence vs. Massachusetts (1-0) in the Puerto Rico Tip-Off
DePaul at home vs. Gardner-Webb (Tomato can) in the Cancun Challenge

Those are some really nice trips for Louisville, Providence, and Depaul. When a team goes to a tournament at a tropical resort, do they get any time to hit the beach and pick up latinas, or do they have to stay focused on basketball?

(11-15-2012 01:52 PM)MechaKnight Wrote:  

(11-15-2012 12:55 PM)TheRock Wrote:  Louisville at home vs. Samford (Tomato can) in the Battle for Atlantis
Providence vs. Massachusetts (1-0) in the Puerto Rico Tip-Off
DePaul at home vs. Gardner-Webb (Tomato can) in the Cancun Challenge

Those are some really nice trips for Louisville, Providence, and Depaul. When a team goes to a tournament at a tropical resort, do they get any time to hit the beach and pick up latinas, or do they have to stay focused on basketball?

not quite only 1 out of 3...I made edit to OP to explain.

(11-15-2012 01:48 PM)TheRock Wrote:  

(11-15-2012 01:39 PM)krux Wrote:  I can't remember if I've asked this or not but what does "Tomato Can" mean?

Yeah right, and I can't remeber if I answered before but how about this from Wiki:

Quote:In boxing, kickboxing or mixed martial arts, "tomato can" or simply "tomato" or "can" is an idiom for a fighter with poor or diminished skills (at least when compared with the opponent they are placed against) who may be considered an easy opponent to defeat, or a "guaranteed win." Fights with "tomato cans" can be arranged to inflate the win total of a professional fighter.

Maxim - Boxing's 10 Greatest Tomato Cans

That's a pretty cool term. I'm going to start referring to my boss as a Tomato Can and see if he gets it! hahahaha

(11-15-2012 02:08 PM)krux Wrote:  

(11-15-2012 01:48 PM)TheRock Wrote:  

(11-15-2012 01:39 PM)krux Wrote:  I can't remember if I've asked this or not but what does "Tomato Can" mean?

Yeah right, and I can't remeber if I answered before but how about this from Wiki:

Quote:In boxing, kickboxing or mixed martial arts, "tomato can" or simply "tomato" or "can" is an idiom for a fighter with poor or diminished skills (at least when compared with the opponent they are placed against) who may be considered an easy opponent to defeat, or a "guaranteed win." Fights with "tomato cans" can be arranged to inflate the win total of a professional fighter.

Maxim - Boxing's 10 Greatest Tomato Cans

That's a pretty cool term. I'm going to start referring to my boss as a Tomato Can and see if he gets it! hahahaha

Be prepared to "bob & weave" just in case

St. Johns is up by 10 at the half over charleston on the road 36-26. Charleston came into this game as a four & a half point favorite. St. Johns has done it so far with a balanced offense & stingy defense.

Johnnies look good. Looking like Lavin's UCLA teams.

St. Johns looking good so far and they don't have the two JUCO transfers yet.

Great to see Lavs back on the sidelines...

Sir Dom Pointer just did something unholy to the rim! 56-44 Johnnies with 4 to go.

St John's wins 64-53 over Charleston a very good road win for Lav's young team. D'Angelo Harrison led the Johnnies again tonight with 21 points. He looks like a first team all BE player...we'll see.

Louisville beating Samford into submission at the half 42-13

Off topic, but WOW Murray State is killing Auburn.

(11-15-2012 09:04 PM)justinslot Wrote:  Off topic, but WOW Murray State is killing Auburn.

Racers are good...I think SJU plays them next/

Great game going on in Puerto Rico between the Friars & the Minutemen. Providence is up 62-57 with 7:30 to go. They were trailing by as much as 12 to Umass which looks like the better team. The friars are without their best player vincent council but the have exploded in the second half to take the lead. Kadeem Batts leads the team with 14 so far.

Prov was supposed to have two top 20 recruits playing in this game also, but Ricky Ledo is ineligble this year & Kris Dunn is out the first semester & may redshirt. Prov 65-60 with 5:30 to go. Gritty, gritty performance...BE style!

Louisville buries Samford 80-54

67-63 Friars at the under 4 time out. Providence only has 6 scholarship players available tonight! Can I get some burn??