Friday, March 27, 2009
Big East! WOW!
Unfortunately, WVU has become the blemish on what is becoming an unbelievable performance by the Big East in the Tournament. Currently the Big East has a record of 14-2 with two games scheduled for tonight and 3 teams playing in 2 games tomorrow. There was pressure on the Big East to perform well following a season of being touted the toughest league in the history of college basketball. As the season wore on, people still believed that the BE was extremely tough, but maybe not as tough as it was thought to have been. Fading teams like Notre Dame and Georgetown, along with no respect given to Providence ended dreams of breaking the record for number of teams from one conference to make the field of 64. But a 14-2 record at this point of the tournament has to be unprecedented. The Big East has assured at least one spot in the Final Four and still has a possibility of all 4. And oddly enough, it is the Big 12 and not the ACC who is pushing the Big East for dominance with a record of 10-3 and having 3 teams still with a chance for the Final Four.
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Big East now 15-3 w/ Big 12 following at 11-4
Villanova is going to be scary good the next couple of years. Jay Wright may be the best coach in a league of Hall of Famers. His recruiting has been exceptional.
I expect the Big East to dominate for the next few years until some of these coaches start retiring.
There will always be cycles where a lot of teams have heavy grad. classes or underclassmen leave, which could leave a small void for a year among several schools and the BE could end up the 2nd best conference. But I also think we've arrived at a place where the Big East will be the powerhouse. It may not show with NCAA championships and that could still easily play out against the BE this season. But the third and fourth place teams in the league in the Final Four... other conferences will never boast that kind of depth.
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