Wanted to take a quick peek at how the conference fared in the noncon.
https://painttouches.com/2023/12/18/big-east-nonconference-roundup/ (https://painttouches.com/2023/12/18/big-east-nonconference-roundup/)
Surprisingly, despite what felt like an underwhelming collective set of results, and only 3 top tier teams, Bart still had the conference odds for both 5 and 6 bids go up from the start of the season.
(https://painttouches.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/image-19.png)
Thanks, Andrei!
This is the very info I was looking for this morning.