Is it March already?
Apparently, November is not too early for predicting the NCAA tournament field.
Gary Parrish of CBS Sportsline (http://www.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/story/10453813) projects that Marquette will be one of three Big East teams that receive a top-four seeding in the 64-team event.
Marquette is seeded No. 3 in the South region (he doesn't seem worried about Trevor Mbakwe's season-ending injury). Georgetown and Louisville are both No. 2 seeds.
While some think as many as 10 Big East schools could receive bids, Parrish predicts that eight schools from the conference will participate in the madness in March.
http://blogs.jsonline.com/muhoops/archive/2007/11/06/is-it-march-already.aspx
10?!?! wow no way... I think we might have 10 teams that are good enough i dont think we will get 10 bids because they will all beat up on each other in conference play...
i dunno. on college gameday last night, they were saying that the pac ten could get up to 8 teams into the tourney. for non-math majors, that's 80% of the league. a big east equivalent would be 12 or 13 teams. i think expanding the big east schedule helps because 10-8 looks a lot better than 9-7. i think for a league like the big east, your high profile non-con games must be won if you are a fringe team, and that will determine how many teams we get in ultimately...
Quote from: dwaderoy2004 on November 07, 2007, 08:01:11 AM
10-8 looks a lot better than 9-7.
I agree even though it's a lower win percentage.
The number of teams that could go to the tourny will be decided in November and December. Big East teams will need to have a great showing during the non-conference schedule if they want more than 7 teams in the tourny. SO it is great that teams like DePaul scheduled tougher opponents in their non-conference schedule but if they lose a majority of those games it not only hurts DePaul but also the other fringe Big East teams that will be on the bubble.