The 2010-2010 season is only a couple weeks away, so I thought I'd take a look into my crystal ball to see how the team will do. Not to toot my own horn, but I came pretty close last year. Okay, maybe I did want to toot my own horn.11/02/10 vs. District of Columbia (Exhibition) - Win, because Nova doesn’t want to become a laughing stock by losing an exhibition game like Syracuse last year.
11/12/10 vs. Bucknell - Win, because Jay Wright won’t let his alma mater beat him in the official season opener. (1-0)
11/16/10 vs. Marist (NIT) - Win, because it’s Marist. (2-0)
11/17-11/26 NIT Season Tip-Off vs. TBA - Nova wins the next two games (vs. George Washington and UCLA), then they lose in the finals of the NIT to Tennessee, because Bruce Pearl will cheat. (4-1)
11/20/10 vs. Lafayette - Win, because losing to Lafayette in a real game might be more embarrassing than losing to DC in an exhibition. (5-1)
12/03/10 vs. St. Joseph’s - Win, because playing St. Joe’s this early in the season won’t give Hawks fans enough time to disillusion themselves into thinking they have a chance. (6-1)
12/08/10 at Penn - Win, because Penn seems to be under the crazy impression that academics are more important than basketball. (7-1)
12/12/10 at LaSalle - Win, because Mouph Yarou is going to own Aaric Murray. (8-1)
12/18/10 vs. Delaware - Win, because the Blue Hens just don’t sound very intimidating. (9-1)
12/22/10 at Monmouth NJ - Win, because the creator of MTV’s Jersey Shore is a Monmouth Alum. (10-1)
12/30/10 vs. Temple - Win, because someone will actually guard Juan Fernandez this year. (11-1)
01/02/11 vs. Rutgers - Win, because two of their best players transferred and their coach was fired. (12-1)
01/06/11 at USF - Win, because Dominique Jones isn’t around to score 46 points anymore. (13-1)
01/09/11 vs. Cincinnati - Win, because by January, Lance Stephenson will be playing in the D-League. (14-1)
01/12/11 vs. Louisville - Win, because Samardo Samuels is gone. (15-1)
01/15/11 vs. Maryland - Win, because Greivis Vasquez is gone. (16-1)
01/17/11 at UConn - Loss, because Kemba Walker will be the Big East Player of the Year. (16-2)
01/22/12 at Syracuse - Loss, because of the Dome. (16-3)
01/26/11 at Providence - Win, because the Friars have nine freshmen. (17-3)
01/29/11 vs. Georgetown - Win, because Fisher and Stokes will outplay Wright and Freeman. (18-3)
02/02/11 vs. Marquette - Loss, because the Golden Eagles are always underrated. (18-4)
02/05/11 vs. West Virginia - Win, because it’s not at the Coliseum. (19-4)
02/09/11 at Rutgers - Win, because home-court advantage doesn’t make up for the reasons listed for the first game. (20-4)
02/12/11 vs. Pitt - Win, because the Pavilion will be rocking all day with the ESPN College GameDay crew there. (21-4)
02/15/11 at Seton Hall - Loss, because Jeremy Hazell will get hot and score 40 points. (21-5)
02/19/11 at DePaul - Win, because the Blue Demons ended last season on a 13-game losing streak. (22-5)
02/21/11 vs. Syracuse - Win, because they won’t have the Dome advantage in the rematch. (23-5)
02/26/11 vs. St. John’s - Win, because Steve Lavin needs a year or two to rebuild. (24-5)
02/28/11 at Notre Dame - Win, because no Irish fans will show up when they realize Harangody and Reynolds aren’t playing. (25-5)
03/05/11 at Pitt - Loss, because the Panthers will take the rematch at home. (25-6)
03/08-03/12 Big East Tournament - After splitting the regular season series, the consensus top two teams in the Big East, Pitt and Nova, will meet in the Championship. Pitt will win, just because they always seem to take the Big East Tournament more seriously.
03/14-04/04 NCAA Tournament - However, Nova will advance further in the NCAA Tournament. My final prediction: a #2-seed and lose in the Elite Eight.
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