| Pittsburgh | 7-1 | 19-2 |
| Louisville | 6-2 | 17-4 |
| Notre Dame | 6-3 | 17-4 |
| Connecticut | 5-3 | 17-3 |
| Villanova | 5-3 | 17-4 |
| Syracuse | 5-3 | 18-3 |
| Cincinnati | 5-3 | 18-3 |
| West Virginia | 4-3 | 13-6 |
| Georgetown | 5-4 | 16-5 |
| Marquette | 4-4 | 13-8 |
| St. John's | 4-5 | 11-8 |
| Rutgers | 3-5 | 12-8 |
| Seton Hall | 3-6 | 9-12 |
| Providence | 2-6 | 13-8 |
| South Florida | 2-7 | 8-14 |
| DePaul | 0-8 | 6-1 |
(From ESPN.com)
You could look at every team in this conference (with the exception of DePaul and South Florida), as NCAA tournament caliber teams. It shows with the high out of conference wins. You look at Uconn beating Texas, West Virginia beating Purdue, Pitt beating Texas, and multiple teams beating up on Michigan State. Those are just the easiest examples to throw out. So the question looms, who is the best team in the Big East? Or another question; who is going to make the big dance? In regards to the best team, it would be easy to just say Pitt because they are first. However, take in account the Notre Dame just beat Pitt, and Psycho T's little brother Ben is looking like a big east player of the contender, that is, if Kemba Walker didn't already lock that up. You go below Pitt and see just as much talent in Louisville, a team that just beat Uconn in a thriller. Uconn fans, you can thank Kemba Walker for deciding to slack it off and not try to get a good shot at the end of the game. But Lousiville just lost to Providence last week lets not forget, and then Providence goes and beats another top 10 team in Villanova. Does that make Providence competitive now in the conference? They do have the 7th leading scorer in division one in Marshon Brooks (23.4 ppg). Then you think Nova might have just had a bad day, Georgetown who had been struggling goes to Nova and shoots the lights out. Austin Freeman went for 30. Oh, and what about Syracuse? Sure they lost 3 big east games in a row, not to mention one loss was to Seton Hall, well basically just Jeremy Hazel. But that doesn't mean Syracuse is irrelevant now by any means, they could go right back out and win the conference. And as for Seton Hall, you can thank the guy who shot Jeremy Hazel for them not being more competitive in the Big East. West Virginia is another team that, if they can stay healthy, is going to be a tournament caliber team. They beat Purdue, a top 10 team, not to mention they blew out Providence who just a week later beats 2 top 20 teams. What about St.Johns? They are hanging around, they did beat ND and Georgetown. And don't think about ruling out a good and competitive Marquette team either, they beat ND and WV. What does this all mean? Well in my mind it means you could take 14 teams from the Big East and put them in the tournament. Of course they wont happen, but it definitely should happen. The only conference that could make a statement for beating the Big East would be the Big 10, and i couldn't see them doing it. So at the end of the day, you just need to wait it out. And as a Big East team, win at home and you can make a run. One more thing, while this was all happening, Syracuse is down 10 late to Marquette. The Big East, a marvel of college basketball if there ever was one.
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