Big East - Who's In and Who's Out?? - Discuss

[Shark23]

Who ya got??

Who makes it to the Big Dance from the Big East? Use whatever criteria you choose for determining who's in and who's out.

My guesses are below, I think the Big East gets at least 7, probably 8 teams in. There will likely be a couple extra at-large bids for the power conferences this year because of the demise of the PAC-10:

Big East Conference

LOCKS TO BE IN:
Syracuse 11-2 24-2
Villanova 11-2 22-3
West Virginia 9-4 20-5

SHOULD BE IN:
Pittsburgh 8-4 19-6
Georgetown 8-5 18-6
Louisville 8-5 17-9

ON THE BUBBLE:
Marquette 7-5 16-8 - semi-favorable schedule - I think they're in
South Florida 6-7 16-9 - favorable schedule - could be 8th team
Seton Hall 6-7 15-9 - semi-favorable schedule - could be 8th team
Cincinnati 6-7 15-10 - brutal remaining schedule
Notre Dame 6-8 17-10 - tough remaining schedule
Connecticut 5-8 15-11 - tough remaining schedule

BUBBLE BURST, GOTTA WIN THE CONFERENCE TOURNEY:
Rutgers 4-9 14-12
St. John's 4-9 14-11
Providence 4-10 12-14
DePaul 1-12 8-17

[Gerk]

Think you have to have a winning conference record to be considered

Think Marquette makes it, big one tonight

Unless they have a nice tourney run, Cincy and U Conn are not going to make it.

Think Seton Hall or South Florida makes it, probably not both

[Shark23]

Yep, agree, think Marquette gets the 7th bid, and I believe there will be an 8th team. Looks like USF has a really favorable schedule - they're my choice for the 8th slot. ND sure could've used that Louisville game last night........

[Cardiac Kid]

could Big East get 9 teams in?

[Shark23]

Originally Posted by Cardiac Kid

could Big East get 9 teams in?

We can only hope

[BigFratDaddy]

All teams in yellow and green get in plus Marquette and South Florida squeaks in

[Cali Roots]

Georgetown is a lock to be in. Wins against Butler, Wash, Nova, @Pitt, Temple, Duke.

[Shark23]

USF - thanks for playing, you're out........

[Bisket]

notre dame has no shot

[Shark23]

Originally Posted by Bisket23

notre dame has no shot

Bump

[upinya83]

shark has a notebook now, nice

[Shark23]

Lunardi has ND in as of today, and UConn still in. 9 teams from the Big East on his bracket. Don't see it, personally. 8 max...........

[skrilla]

that's easy.. they get 9 teams this year, bc UCONN is going to win the big east tourney.

cuse, nova, wv, notre dame, pitt, g'town, lousville, marquette

[lakersmetsjets]

Marquette definitely in...seton hall, cinici, south florida def out

[Shark23]

So, we can all agree that we can move ND off the bubble into LOCK status?