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My prediction is that in 2-3 weeks all our predictions will look way off.

"NCAA Tourney Locks" Tier: Nova, Xavier, Hall, Providence, UCONN [Healthy Huskies: 1st to 3rd; Hobbling Huskies: 3rd to 5th].

"Bubble" Tier: Creighton, Marquette, Depaul.

"Need to See More" Tier: St Johns, Butler.

"NIT or Bust" Tier: Georgetown.

anXUfan wrote:My prediction is that in 2-3 weeks all our predictions will look way off.

Happens every year - that's the fun of it!

I hate to predict but here goes…..all based on what I’ve seen so far, not necessarily how things will end up…..3 groups of 3 and then one group of two….

Group 1 - Seton Hall, Xavier, Villanova

Group 2 - Providence, UConn, Creighton

Group 3 - Marquette, DePaul, SJU

Group 4 - Butler, Gtown

sju88grad wrote:I hate to predict but here goes…..all based on what I’ve seen so far, not necessarily how things will end up…..3 groups of 3 and then one group of two….

Group 1 - Seton Hall, Xavier, Villanova

Group 2 - Providence, UConn, Creighton

Group 3 - Marquette, DePaul, SJU

Group 4 - Butler, Gtown

Obviously, sju88grad is a Harvard professor and resident genius.
Best predictions of the group thus far. Luv it.

Hey XU Sandy. Reverse alphabetical order would put Connecticut in 5th place, by the way.

realtime rpi has a good look: http://realtimerpi.com/ncaab/college_Me ... _bige.html

NCAA Men's Basketball Power Ratings - Big East (2021-2022)
Conf. Ranking: 4 Conf. SOS Rank: 5
Overall Record: 76-21 Non-Conf Record: 76-21

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Only games against Division I opponents are counted.
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Rank Big East Conf All Index SOS Rk SOS
6 Villanova Wildcats 0-0 7-3 84.14 40 56.31
33 Creighton Bluejays 0-0 8-2 66.16 105 53.06
34 Xavier Musketeers 0-0 9-1 65.07 45 55.97
41 Providence Friars 0-0 10-1 60.29 104 53.08
45 Seton Hall Pirates 0-0 8-1 57.82 137 51.50
47 Marquette Golden Eagles 0-0 8-3 57.44 29 57.22
63 DePaul Blue Demons 0-0 8-1 55.58 231 47.99
95 St. John's Red Storm 0-0 8-2 51.57 290 45.53
103 Butler Bulldogs 0-0 5-3 50.74 212 48.62
147 Georgetown Hoyas 0-0 5-4 47.46 178 50.12


https://www.cbssports.com/college-baske ... kings/rpi/ CBS' rpi says
8 X
14 Prov
22 Nova
25 SH
27 Marq
38 Cr8n
59 Conn
62 DeP
126 StJ
166 But
201 Gtwn

gtmoBlue wrote:

sju88grad wrote:I hate to predict but here goes…..all based on what I’ve seen so far, not necessarily how things will end up…..3 groups of 3 and then one group of two….

Group 1 - Seton Hall, Xavier, Villanova

Group 2 - Providence, UConn, Creighton

Group 3 - Marquette, DePaul, SJU

Group 4 - Butler, Gtown

Obviously, sju88grad is a Harvard professor and resident genius.
Best predictions of the group thus far. Luv it.

Hey XU Sandy. Reverse alphabetical order would put Connecticut in 5th place, by the way.

realtime rpi has a good look: http://realtimerpi.com/ncaab/college_Me ... _bige.html

NCAA Men's Basketball Power Ratings - Big East (2021-2022)
Conf. Ranking: 4 Conf. SOS Rank: 5
Overall Record: 76-21 Non-Conf Record: 76-21

Join Discussion now in Big East Message Board new
Only games against Division I opponents are counted.
Rankings update every 5 mins.
Last updated - Mon Dec 13 11:30:01 PST 2021 Switch to RPI Ratings

Rank Big East Conf All Index SOS Rk SOS
6 Villanova Wildcats 0-0 7-3 84.14 40 56.31
33 Creighton Bluejays 0-0 8-2 66.16 105 53.06
34 Xavier Musketeers 0-0 9-1 65.07 45 55.97
41 Providence Friars 0-0 10-1 60.29 104 53.08
45 Seton Hall Pirates 0-0 8-1 57.82 137 51.50
47 Marquette Golden Eagles 0-0 8-3 57.44 29 57.22
63 DePaul Blue Demons 0-0 8-1 55.58 231 47.99
95 St. John's Red Storm 0-0 8-2 51.57 290 45.53
103 Butler Bulldogs 0-0 5-3 50.74 212 48.62
147 Georgetown Hoyas 0-0 5-4 47.46 178 50.12





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Asking for a friend, where is UConn?

Shows how accurate that site is.

xusandy wrote:Butler (rebuilding, not a lot of upside potential this season)

Sandy...???. Looks like everyone here is snoozing on Futler. Are they not the deepest BE squad other than X? They go 11 deep with decent quality. Christian at the end is pretty dang good.....not counting Malloy @ 12. They are well coached with excellent tradition. No WAY DePaul finishes above the Bulldogs!

Xuperman wrote:Futler

That's cute. What else did you steal from Wright State?

gtmoBlue wrote:

sju88grad wrote:Obviously, sju88grad is a Harvard professor and resident genius.
Best predictions of the group thus far. Luv it.

Git'....Your Jays are going to certainly create havoc, but are you seriously considering DePaul as anything other than cellar status? I mean Mohammed keeps GTown out off that musty hell hole....no?

butlerguy03 wrote:

Xuperman wrote:Futler

That's cute. What else did you steal from Wright State?

Can you elaborate? I thought Buck Futler was an organic X thing.