Is Big East Overrated This Season?
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Georgetown and Butler have hurt the conference this year but I wouldn't say it's overrated. The Hoyas and butler were locks preseason, and now haven't played well at all. If one of the two can get got here and seton hall can stay on course and we end with 5 that'd be great. But I'm thinking 4 as of now
It's tough to say we are overrated at a league, because OOC numbers have been great for the Big East in the early season. Big East typically performs well in the OOC early on. We usually fizzle during tourney time though.
That said, this conference is still IMHO a work in progress and still going to get better. The conference is still building an image, and trying to prove itself. Big East has done a good job of that thus far as a strong conference overall from top to bottom.
What will it take to get to the next step, I'm not sure? More teams have to get next-level talent and we need some tourney wins. I think it will help a bit when some of the blue blood programs have legendary coaches retiring over next few as well.
It may sounds silly, but should Calipari head to NBA, Pitino, Izzo, Coach K, Boeheim and other legends start retiring over next few years, it could cause some shakeup. I think some of those schools become less obvious choices for the blue-chippers, and the the schools that traditionally land a handful of top 40 kids every year, might get spread out a bit more.
That said, this conference is still IMHO a work in progress and still going to get better. The conference is still building an image, and trying to prove itself. Big East has done a good job of that thus far as a strong conference overall from top to bottom.
What will it take to get to the next step, I'm not sure? More teams have to get next-level talent and we need some tourney wins. I think it will help a bit when some of the blue blood programs have legendary coaches retiring over next few as well.
It may sounds silly, but should Calipari head to NBA, Pitino, Izzo, Coach K, Boeheim and other legends start retiring over next few years, it could cause some shakeup. I think some of those schools become less obvious choices for the blue-chippers, and the the schools that traditionally land a handful of top 40 kids every year, might get spread out a bit more.
keenanherlich
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This year you are seeing some of that...there are no big favorites like last year...and hopefully every year is like this year it makes for a really fun march
The Big East, the ACC,the Big 10 all appear to be overrated. It looks like all of college basketball is having a down year.
keenanherlich
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We will see come tournament time.
The conference doesn't have a lot of big OOC wins though. Providence over Arizona, the Hall over Wichita, Nova over St Joes and Butler over Purdue are the best they got. On the flip side the good teams beat the middling big conference foes they were supposed to beat for the most part.
Must be a misprint, but Duke, Cuse and UCONN aren't listed in this weeks rankings
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings
Don't trust the Washington Post. It's controlled by the Left. They have been treating Georgretown like a redheaded stepchild compared to Maryland for years. I suspect its because Georgetown's Catholic , like much of the Big East. You know how Gays, Liberals ect.. feel about the Church.
Read that paper online after a big Georgetown win, paper will barely mention it. It follows Maryland like Francesa follows the Yankees. Don't know why but thats the way its been for a while . My explanation is a reach, but the Washington Post has become "liberal" , in the same way the NY Times has.