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Big East vs other Major Conference :

16-25 including 0-10 for St John's, Rutgers, Cincinnati & DePaul

Pittsburgh 75, Washington 74
Pittsburgh 85, Oklahoma St. 68    
Pittsburgh 65, Duke 64 (OT)
Ohio St. 79, Syracuse 65    
Syracuse 91, Washington 85
Syracuse 70, Virginia 68
Providence 67, Arkansas 51    
Miami FL 64, Providence 58
South Carolina 68, Providence 67
Providence 101, Florida St. 95
North Carolina St. 69, Villanova 68
Villanova 68, Louisiana St. 67
Marquette 91, Oklahoma St. 61  
Duke 77, Marquette 73
Marquette 81, Wisconsin 76
Tennessee 74, West Virginia 72
West Virginia 88, Auburn 59
Oklahoma 88, West Virginia 82 (2OT)
Seton Hall 74, Virginia 60
Penn St. 89, Seton Hall 86 (OT)
North Carolina St. 79, Seton Hall 73
Memphis 81, Connecticut 70
Georgetown 74, Michigan 52
Georgetown 70, Alabama 60
Memphis 85, Georgetown 71
Baylor 68, Notre Dame 64   
Georgia Tech 70, Notre Dame 69
Notre Dame 68, Kansas St. 59
Purdue 67, Louisville 59
South Florida 68, Florida St. 67
Wake Forest 74, South Florida 61
Miami FL 66, St. John's 47
Virginia Tech 54, St. John's 48
Kansas 84, DePaul 66   
Vanderbilt 91, DePaul 85 (OT)
Mississippi 69, DePaul 63   
Clemson 90, DePaul 74
Florida 88, Rutgers 63
North Carolina 93, Rutgers 71
Memphis 79, Cincinnati 69   
North Carolina St. 85, Cincinnati 77

Before the conference play begins, who do you thn has been the best conference in nov-dec games ?

One interesting point is not the performance of the teams at the top, but the teams at the bottom.  In the six conferences, just three teams have losing records in non-conference play--two of them are in the Big East (DePaul and Cincy).  Kentucky of the SEC is the third.  Northwestern of the Big 10 is .500.

Not that DePaul or Cincy would contend for an NCAA bid, but for example, Nebraska is going to help their B12 brethern much more with a 10-2 record than DePaul can help us with their 4-7.

I would also suggest that Mike Tranghese should ban home-and-home series with A10 teams.  This year, we've probably single-handedly given UMass, URI and Dayton the basis for an legit at-large bids over Big East teams.  Last year the A10 got two bids.  If they get 4 this year (UMass, URI, Dayton and Xavier), those two extras have to come from somewhere. 

And yes, I know we have a tournament next year where we might face Dayton.  But at least we don't have a return game.