Just a few more games remain in the regular season. Though the Winter Olympics might be taking up the brunt of ESPN's attention (and every single channel operated by NBC), there are a few very good stories to watch in the Big East.
1. Villanova is starting to slide away from a chance at the Big East regular season title. With two straight losses and games remaining against Syracuse and West Virginia, the Wildcats could find themselves dropping as low as fourth in the standings after leading for much of the year.
2. Syracuse may have locked up the first seed. Pomeroy now places the Orange as an eight-point favorite at home against 'Nova with their toughest game coming on the road to a Louisville team that defeated them a week ago. The law of averages could play a role in a 'Cuse win there, but expect no more than one loss for the Orange as they finish atop the standings at 15-3.
3. The list of Big East teams receiving bids to the Tournament this year could be pretty slim. ESPN just list five teams as "locks" from the conference with four needing to boost their resumes a bit. After eight a couple years ago, the league will receive no more than last year's total of seven this season, but even that could be a serious stretch.
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If the BE only gets 6 teams and 7 make it from the ACC or Big Ten, What a joke that will be and will only speed up the conference spliting into Football and Non-Football...
I'm with you Bryan. Cincy's coach, I believe, said that the Big East puts tournament teams ON TO the bubble. If Notre Dame is in the Big 10, we're sitting in 5th place? And probably getting a bid to the tournament.
In other news, does anyone know where I can get some spring cleaning done?:-)
How did the Irish do against the 8th best team in the big ten?
Because clearly one game = an entire season. Purdue lost to NW too.
Because clearly ND should be projected 5th in the Big Ten based on no positive results against them...
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