Lunardi's latest

[Lennys Tap]

8 teams from both the Big East and the Big Ten. 4 teams seeded in the top 3 from the Big East, 1 from the Big 10. It's early, but maybe the Big 10 isn't the head and shoulders above the rest conference that some here have portrayed them to be.

[CTWarrior]

With our non-conference, I think it would. Look at Cincy last year, 11-7 got them a 6, and they had a much weaker non-con than we do this year.

Big East figures to be weaker this year, though

[brewcity77]

8 teams from both the Big East and the Big Ten. 4 teams seeded in the top 3 from the Big East, 1 from the Big 10. It's early, but maybe the Big 10 isn't the head and shoulders above the rest conference that some here have portrayed them to be.

The converse argument is 8/12 for the B1G and 8/16 for the Big East. Still, there's really no argument that we have the best top-end teams of any conference.

[Buzz Williams' Spillproof Chiclets Cup]

If we shuffled over to the Midwest regional and make the sweet 16, that could be a fun regional with SLU/Mizzou in St. Louis.

[Golden Avalanche]

Big East figures to be weaker this year, though

I agree that the conference doesn't look so strong 1-10 as it has in years past but it cracks me up when the "media" talk about the conference being well down -- even with four of the top eleven teams ranked in the country.

[Hoopaloop]

8 teams from both the Big East and the Big Ten. 4 teams seeded in the top 3 from the Big East, 1 from the Big 10. It's early, but maybe the Big 10 isn't the head and shoulders above the rest conference that some here have portrayed them to be.

Jay Bilas and Andy Katz both say Big Ten is.  So do all the ratings.  Eight teams from the Big Ten should make it this year.

[BM1090]

We will see. Penn State and Iowa are out. Minnesota, Purdue and Northwestern are all questionable. The other seven should be in barring a collapse from Indiana.

[PGsHeroes32]

Big 10 might be better overall but I have no doubt our top 6 of MU, Cuse, UL, Pitt, Uconn and Gtown beat their top 6 pretty damn convincingly.

[brewcity77]

We will see. Penn State and Iowa are out. Minnesota, Purdue and Northwestern are all questionable. The other seven should be in barring a collapse from Indiana.

Nebraska, PSU, and Iowa won't make the tourney. Looking at schedules, Illinois, Northwestern, and Minnesota will need 9-10 league wins. I doubt they all get that. 6-8 bids for the B1G.

[TheButlerDidIt]

Jay Bilas and Andy Katz both say Big Ten is.  So do all the ratings.  Eight teams from the Big Ten should make it this year.

I know there are no rules against it, but it'd be awfully hard to include teams with losing conference records. It's not impossible, but it is highly unlikely that 8 teams from the twelve team B1G will have winning confernce records.