Ranking The BE Performances This Past Week

[Tugg Speedman]

Below are the records of all the teams in the BE tourney this week.  

I ranked them for "Biggest Surprise" to "Biggest Disappointment."

Any disagreement that after UConn MU had the next best performance?

Good week for us, historic week for Uconn

Uconn = 5 - 0
MU      = 2 - 1
L'ville   = 2 - 1
USF      = 1 - 1
Rutgers = 1 - 1
Cincy    = 1 - 1
SJU      = 1 - 1
Syra     = 1 - 1
ND       = 1 - 1
Depaul   = 0 - 1
Prov      = 0 - 1
S Hall    = 0 - 1
G'Town   = 0 - 1
WVU      = 0 - 1
Nova      = 0 - 1
Pitt        = 0 - 1

[brewcity77]

I'd put Louisville ahead of us. They beat two NCAA teams and reached the final. But I'd definitely slot us in at third

[Tugg Speedman]

I'd put Louisville ahead of us. They beat two NCAA teams and reached the final. But I'd definitely slot us in at third

Louisville beat a team they were favored against (MU) as did MU when we beat Prov.

Louisville upset a higher ranked team (ND) as did MU when we beat WVU.

That all said, I would rank our victory against WVU (#11 seed beat #7) as a bigger upset than Louisville beating ND (#3 seed beat #2).  So, I put us ahead of Louisville since it is a "Biggest Surprise" ranking.

[brewcity77]

Yeah, but there's two different arguments there. I'd say we may have been the second biggest surprise, but I wouldn't say we had the next best performance. And while they only had one win, I think South Florida would be about on par with us. Considering the perceived difference of the top 11 versus the bottom 5, their one win over 'Nova (15 over 10) is probably more impressive than us beating a team we already beat in the regular season. Also, I'd slot 'Nova's 0-1 record as second most disappointing to Pitt.

Most surprising, probably tied for second with USF, most impressive, probably third behind UConn and UL, either way, good enough to get us into the Big Dance, which was the goal.