Say we win out...

[dwaderoy2004]

Of course we beat Georgetown at home.  Now assume we beat Notre Dame and Syracuse in the BEAST tourney.  In this scenario we would have defeated all 15 Big East teams in a single season.  I wonder if that's been done before? 

[brewcity77]

Certainly not by a Marquette team, and while some have come close, I don't believe it's happened since we joined the league. Here are the teams that came closest:

2005-06: UConn beat every Big East team except Marquette
2006-07: Georgetown beat every Big East team except Syracuse
2007-08: Georgetown beat every Big East team except Pittsburgh
2008-09: Louisville beat every Big East team except Connecticut

So the first four years we were in the league, a team got within one opponent of getting a victory against every team in the league either in regular season or conference tournament play. The past two years, no one has been that close.

The last time it happened overall was in 2002-03, when Pittsburgh went 13-3, splitting games with Syracuse, Seton Hall, and Notre Dame, losing to all three on the road, but beating all three at home. Interestingly enough, that Pittsburgh team ultimately ran into the same stumbling block that the 2005-06 UConn team did: Marquette. The Warriors, led by Dwyane Wade, knocked off Pitt in the Sweet 16 en route to the Final Four.

[Silkk the Shaka]

Of course we beat Georgetown at home.  Now assume we beat Notre Dame and Syracuse in the BEAST tourney.  In this scenario we would have defeated all 15 Big East teams in a single season.  I wonder if that's been done before? 

Oh man great question.

Quickly going through, it looks like Pitt did it back in 2007.  They lost to MU twice in the regular season, Louisville once, and split a home and home with Georgetown.  Then they beat MU and Louisville in their first two games of the BE tourney to notch a defeat against every BEast team they played.  HOWEVER, due to the 16 game schedule, the did not play Rutgers or Notre Dame that year.  Hard to fault them for a schedule quirk, but no one has done it since the 18 game schedule, and no one has beaten every team in one season (unless I missed something).  That would be really cool if we could do it.

[dwaderoy2004]

Yeah, I didn't mean MU only, I meant has anyone done it since the Big East expanded.  It appears not (thanks brew).  It would be pretty darn cool if the chips fell that way and we pulled it off.

[chapman]

I think DePaul lost to every team two years in a row, right?

2008-09: 0-18 in Big East (won first game of Conference tournament)
2009-10: 1-17 in Big East (you know the one win, but it was a home-and-home)

[dwaderoy2004]

equally impressive in a sad, sad way.

[Spotcheck Billy]

I believe Syracuse could do it this year also if they win out and beat ND in the BE tournament

[Silkk the Shaka]

I believe Syracuse could do it this year also if they win out and beat ND in the BE tournament

They wouldn't even have to win out (already beat Louisville).

[dwaderoy2004]

I believe Syracuse could do it this year also if they win out and beat ND in the BE tournament

Yes, Cuse could do it this year.  Only scalp left for them is ND as they've already beaten UConn and Louisville (remaining games on their schedule).