stever20 wrote:it's funny, I think this year so far the Big East has put themselves in a bind where only 4 bids is possible- and 5 would be really likely....
BUT, I think this year is positioned to be by far the best year of the conference since realignment......
I think the top 3 teams are so good that they're going to all 3 get sweet 16 seeds. Could easily see like a 1,2,4 seed come tourney time.
Top 3 teams can go best case 48-6 vs the other 7 teams. I don't think they're going to do that, but I think it'll be better than even 2 years ago, when the top 3 went 42-12. Way better than last years 37-17.
I think in large part depth is way overrated. Give me 3 great teams and odds are good that you're going to get at least 1 worst case, but more than likely at least 2 sweet 16 spots. I'd take that over those top teams losing extra games and hurting their seeds and getting an extra team in at the bottom.
ThrowDownDBrown wrote:MullinMayhem wrote:SJ projected to go 8-10 in conference? This is a very tough conference, but I think SJ can be as good as 11-7 if we avoid the injury bug which already cost us the game against ASU. I think we can steal some from SHU, X, Nova. We are due for a few of these.
St John's isn't winning 11 conference games.
BigmanU wrote:ThrowDownDBrown wrote:MullinMayhem wrote:SJ projected to go 8-10 in conference? This is a very tough conference, but I think SJ can be as good as 11-7 if we avoid the injury bug which already cost us the game against ASU. I think we can steal some from SHU, X, Nova. We are due for a few of these.
St John's isn't winning 11 conference games.
This.
St. John's ceiling is 9 wins and fringe NCAA bid. I will be the first in line that desperate wants them to resurrect themselves, but this year they are paper thin up front and will just cost themselves games because of metal lapses. They will beat teams they shouldn't and also drop some to teams with less talent. They'll go as guards Ponds & Lovett go.
GumbyDamnit! wrote:Not even sure why we should bother with the conference games. Heck let’s disband the committee and just let the resident HLOH Nostradamus pick the field. Obviously he knows what’s going to happen.
SJU goes 9-9 without losing to DePaul or Gtown, beats Nova, X and SHU, they are going to the dance. Substitute SJU for Butler, Marq and PC and the same will happen. CU gets in comfortably. Way too much B.B. left to play. My prediction: no less than 5.
Your problem Stever is that you still fail to recognize that then BE is a power conference. In a conf like the AAC, teams like Temple, UCF or UConn have zero margin for error. If they can’t knock off WSU or Cincy, they just don’t have enough opportunities for signature wins. So .500 in that league and you’re screwed. .500 in a league like the BE, B12, ACC and you are absolutely in contention.
kmacker69 wrote:And that's I why usually ignore Stever! Your reply had a bunch of info which if all taken separately is sound, but put together is very improbable and you play it out in the worst light. We get 4 in I will apologize, but you're back on the ignore list.
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