The Holy Land of Hoops

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/24751970/-15-college-basketball-conference-preview-big-east

No real surprises.

I like it. With Norlander's pick, there's nowhere to go but up.

Gottlieb's picks certainly are the most interesting

So between these picks, USA Today's picks, and our holyland poll (those are the only ones I've seen so far), I think it's safe to say that outside of the obvious top 3 nobody has a clue what this conference is going to look like. Everything is completely different.

As for the overall Preview. I think it's messed up that the main article just posts Norlander's top 10 and not the average of all the experts.

It's interesting to look at all the experts picks. The top 4 are pretty agreed upon: Nova, Georgetown, Xavier, St. John's. Then the DePaul is pretty solidly last. But then the remaining 5 teams are all over the place.

Seton Hall : 8, 8, 6, 7, 7, 9 avg: 7.5
Providence: 4, 6, 5, 5, 5, 6 avg: 5.17
Marquette: 6, 7, 7, 8, 9, 7 avg: 7.33
Creighton: 9, 5, 8, 9, 8, 8 avg: 7.83
Butler: 7, 10, 9, 6, 6, 5 avg: 7.17

So the actual rankings are:
1. Nova
2. Georgetown
3. Xavier
4. St. John's
5. Providence
6. Butler
7. Marquette
8. Seton Hall
9. Creighton
10. DePaul