Oso planning to go pro
Big East NET Rankings as of games of February 17. Butler is going to be an interesting case for the committee.New Old19 20 Marquette 20 19 Villanova 46 49 St. John's (NY) 49 54 Butler 60 61 Seton Hall 63 59 Creighton 79 79 Georgetown 85 74 Providence 95 104 Xavier 100 91 DePaul
I agree. St. John's is the ultimate enigma. 3-1 against Marquette and Villanova, 4-5 against the rest of the Big East.
Yep, they are so inconsistent. Sure Duke can blow out people but no way MU loses by 30 to them...but StJ was awful...Ponds totally shutdown. Yet, like you said, they tortured us and Nova. Still smarting over that loss (Sam's last heave was so close! ).I think StJohns gets in, gets a 12 or 13 and beats someone good before flaming out.
SJU is probably sitting on about the 9 line today. They aren't a lock yet but using the mantra that you need 68, as of today a no brainer. The Hall would certainly be IN today too.
I have the Johnnies at the top of the 8-line and Seton Hall in the Last Four Byes. Agreed that neither are locks, but they have both accumulated some quality wins that few teams on the bubble can match.The biggest problem for St. John's is that they can only really hurt their profile from here on out. They play Providence & DePaul away (both beat them in NYC), play Xavier twice, and the only theoretically challenging game left is Seton Hall at home. With how they've been this year, this is an interesting closing stretch because they tend to win the games they are supposed to lose and lose the games they are supposed to win. I think they'll be okay, on paper they should win out, but they are nothing if not unpredictable (or predictable in a bad way).Right now, 4 bids seems likely and Butler sneaking in is certainly possible. They have a relatively favorable finish though a lack of high quality wins could hurt them when it comes to resume comparisons. With how weak this bubble is, though, 9-9 may be enough for them.
That is... until Creighton's offense gets super hot and they stop blowing their late leads, thus sweeping the BET and giving the BE 6 bids!
Creighton Butler Big East Final with Creighton winning would be an ideal scenario for the league:)
Yeah not if youre hoping for big tv ratings in the final.
MU and Nova are the only teams with a shot to do any real damage in the NCAA Tournament so the best thing for the league would be those 2 getting as high of a seed as possible. So the best thing would be an MU vs. Nova final, and that’d also bring the most viewers with a top 15 matchup.All I know is I’m hoping for a Marquette vs. Who the hell cares BE Tournament Final.
What do you consider real damage?
More than 1 win in the NCAA Tournament.