Whose #2 in the BEast?

[bearcat jeff]

• What's the second-best team in the Big East?


After the one sure thing (Syracuse), the league could be at its most wildly unpredictable in years. There are a lot of good teams here -- Georgetown, Marquette, West Virginia, Cincinnati, Louisville, Connecticut, Seton Hall -- but they can't seem to distinguish themselves from one another. Georgetown looks good and then loses to West Virginia. West Virginia gets smoked by Seton Hall. Seton Hall gets trounced by Syracuse but obliterates UConn. UConn loses to Rutgers. Marquette rallies but falls short. Help!

There are some obvious answers here -- the Hoyas, Huskies and Mountaineers are young; the Bearcats have had to shake off the aftereffects of the brawl; the Pirates are still learning to be a good team -- but from positions 2 through 16, the league is hard to pin down. What remains to be determined is if this is a byproduct of a tough conference or average teams.

http://espn.go.com/ncb/notebook/_/page/notebookweeklywatch1205/week-5

 

[bearcat jeff]

Lunardi does not have UC in at this point.

 

[bearcat jeff]

The Presbytarian loss at home is killing this team. Take that away and 3 losses to Marshall, X and the one loss at home to a Big East foe is accepatable.

 

[Thegreatone]

I think the latest bracketology has UC in...

 

[ervins84]

Lunardi does not have UC in at this point.

He has them in the tourney in is his newest one today as one of the last 4 in, although idk if i agree with him.

St Johns also isnt an ok loss @ home. Theyre 147th in kenpom and somewhere outside the top 150 rpi the last time i checked that too. That loss is pretty bad barring St Johns getting a lot better and somehow winning a bunch of games down the road.

 

[bearcat jeff]

He has them in the tourney in is his newest one today as one of the last 4 in, although idk if i agree with him.

St Johns also isnt an ok loss @ home. Theyre 147th in kenpom and somewhere outside the top 150 rpi the last time i checked that too. That loss is pretty bad barring St Johns getting a lot better and somehow winning a bunch of games down the road.

I don't disagree but it is far more understandable than the loss to Presbytarian. Never should of happened. Either of them actually.

 

[ucswais]

I find it interesting that we complained the last 3 years about how the bracketologists treated us when we had no bad losses. Teams with several bad losses but better wins got the nod over us. Well, roles have changed. Lets hope good wins outweighing bad losses remains the theme this year as well.

 

[ralph1950]

Braketology is not relevant until March 11.

Lunardi does it as if selection Sunday were today, it ain't today, it is March 11.
15 more games plus the Big East Tourney remain to be played.

 

[bearcat jeff]

I find it interesting that we complained the last 3 years about how the bracketologists treated us when we had no bad losses. Teams with several bad losses but better wins got the nod over us. Well, roles have changed. Lets hope good wins outweighing bad losses remains the theme this year as well.

Excellent outlook.

 

[TheLivingLegend]

Never understood why people put so much stock into this stuff

Ill be honest and say I have NEVER once looked at projections. Whats the point?

This team has a ton of games left. Ill look at my first bracket the night they are actually revealed.

As for Lunardi. someone get me his job. He gets paid to do what exactly??? Make predictions that he can change whenever he wants. Waste of time and money

 

[ralph1950]

Never understood why people put so much stock into this stuff

Ill be honest and say I have NEVER once looked at projections. Whats the point?

This team has a ton of games left. Ill look at my first bracket the night they are actually revealed.

As for Lunardi. someone get me his job. He gets paid to do what exactly??? Make predictions that he can change whenever he wants. Waste of time and money

Holy Tim Tebow! TLL and The Ralph actually agree on something.

 

[bearcat jeff]

Seton Hall and Cincinnati have as legitimate a shot to finish second in the Big East as any other teams. Both are veteran squads and are making winning plays late in games. The schedule is also kind. Nothing is a given, but the Hall doesn’t play Syracuse again (lost at Carrier Dome), won’t go to West Virginia (won at home) or Georgetown (Feb. 21 at home). A trip to UConn on Feb. 4 still remains. Cincinnati gets Syracuse once – at home (as well as the Hall). A trip to UConn and West Virginia Jan. 18-21 looms large. The rise is a credit to both the Hall and UC, but it also shows how the Big East is sagging with key programs (Louisville, Pitt, Villanova) suddenly down.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/

 

[TheLivingLegend]

Holy Tim Tebow! TLL and The Ralph actually agree on something.

As long as Ralphy sticks to my thoughts hes golden on this site.