Bubble Watch 2018

[wojoswarrior]

Still no respect for the Big East even though Villanova smoked everybody on their way to the NC. After Villanova, the highest Big East seed is Butler at 6. Maybe because the guy works for ESPN which does not telecast BE games. This is complete exercise in ridiculousness - apparently Lunardi needs a way to stay relevant!

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

Seton Hall hehehe

I don't see any scenario where Seton Hall is a tournament team next year.

[Galway Eagle]

I don't see any scenario where Seton Hall is a tournament team next year.

Powell is still there so it probably depends on how good that Thompson kid is from Cuse and how weak the rest of the BE ends up being.

[Silkk the Shaka]

As the Big East has solidified ,and become strong top to bottom, it is becoming clear that a strong non con performance is mandatory.  I think the Big East results this year are what the conference will look like going forward. That is ,two very strong teams. 5 Teams bunched around .500 and 3 teams that are at the bottom but capable of winning 4-5-6 games.

Hence,  the only place to distinguish the resume is the non con. We absolutely need to get the bottom feeders off our schedule and if we have to accept some 2-1 or 3-1 to get some better teams on the schedule than we should do that. I have thought for a long time, Loyola of Chicago would be a good game for us. This year it would have been a great game to have . I think  the quality teams we are scheduling are sound. Between the Thanksgiving tournaments, the Gavitt, The Badger and the Power 5 home and homes, we are on firm ground. We just need to get rid of the real dogs.

Who do you expect to be the top 2? At this point, my base case is us in one of those slots.