Re: Big East

I am still in amazement at that last post and I think I agreed with every word of it (shockingly).  Granted I have the advantage of last night's Marquette win over Syracuse and today's St. John's win over Duke, but I will do my own assessment.  First and foremost, Syracuse should not be in the Top Ten of the country...they shouldn't have last Monday either but certainly not after losing their fourth straight.  They do have a chance to redeem themselves this week at UConn but that is also UConn's chance at countering their Louisville loss.  St. John's proved just how deep the depth of the Big East and come tournament time I see no reason why 11-14 teams from the Big East will not make the tournament.  The committee should want the best teams and with the hot year the Big East is having and the off-year most other conferences are having (just when you though Florida St. was good, they lose at Clemson), the Big East will satisfy your needs.  Finally, as impossible as this is to predict accurately, I will give my own version of the Big East standings right now:

My Rank - Name (Record, BE Record) - Actual BE Standing
1 - Pittsburg (20-2, 8-1) - 1
2 - Louisville (17-4, 6-2) - 2
*Pitt @ L'vill on 2/27 @ 2pm*
3 - Notre Dame (17-4, 6-3) - 3
4 - Connecticut (17-3, 6-3) - 4
5 - Villanova (17-4, 5-3) - 5
6 - Marquette (14-8, 5-4) - 7
7 - West Virginia (14-6, 5-3) - 6
*gotta go with the head-to-head, which hurts G-town because I think they are better than Marq but not WVU...typical Big East conundrum*
8 - Georgetown (16-5, 5-4) - 10
*the win over Nova and the hot streak they are on mean a lot to me*
9 - Syracuse (18-4, 5-4) - 8
10 - Cincinnati (18-4, 5-4) - 9
*plays Pitt next, big chance to make statement*
11 - St. John's (12-8, 4-5) - 11
*yes I think every team above them can beat Duke too*
12 - Seton Hall (9-12, 3-6) - 13
*gotta account for the time Hazel missed and this is the Big East rankings, not national; their guard play allows them to match-up well in the Big East but Rutgers may have the edge outside the conference against teams like Missouri, Kansas St., Florida St., Clemson, etc.*
13 - Rutgers (12-9, 3-6) - 12
14 - Providence (13-8, 2-6)
*the sleeper team (not that every other team isn't), but like Jordan has pointed out, Providence is starting to click now and it will be interesting to see how they do against the top teams in this conference when they have a little momentum behind them*
15 - South Florida (8-14, 2-7) - 15
*this Big East basketball, not Big East football but WATCH OUT: USF plays Prov next, a game they won at home on 1/16 but this time it's in Providence where Providence just downed Louisville and Villanova in back-to-back games so this will be one of the most intriguing #14 vs #15 game you have ever seen
16 - Depaul (6-14) - 16

With the games remaining in conference play, the Big East will continue to provide with great basketball to watch, as they have in years past and will continue to for many years to come.