Big East BBall Tournament 2009

[billmac91]

I understand what you're saying, bill, but it's a lot more entertaining than the Big Ten, where coaches take so much air out of the ball that it more closely resembles a sock puppet.

I'm not saying it isn't more entertaining. I'd rather watch Louisville against Syracuse all day vs. Penn State against Wisconsin.

It's just frustrating to watch....especially when you have a 35 second clock to utilize. It's just unfundamentally sound basketball, and stupid. Period. Just two contrasting styles of play.

 

[Fungo Squiggly]

Anyone watching the championship game? Some kid from Syracuse just took a hard slam after dunking and ended up walking off.

Too bad it wasn't Devendorf.

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

You son of a bitch. I will ding you every day until you get rid of that fucker's face as your avatar.

better?

 

[BB73]

better?

Screw the Tourney MVP - I want to see the guy that set the single-season Big East Tourney scoring record.

 

[Fungo Squiggly]

better?

Much, much better. I love watching Jonny Flynn play. Great player.

 

[DaytonBuck]

Not so sure that there'd be much between MSU and Louisville or Pittsburgh. I'd like the matchups, especially against Louisville.

I think you missed my point. On average, the leagues are not really very different and the Big Ten may be stronger because the Big East have such a bad bottom drawer. Look at the Sagarins. There is only one Big Ten team ranked below Iowa at #78. There are five Big East teams below Iowa.

Putting this a different way, if you were to draw a random sample of 11 teams from their conference, more than 60% of the time, you wouldn't get the top three teams. However, you'd be much more likely to get at least three of those five bottom dwellers. The rest of the Big Ten and Big East teams are closely bunched in the power ratings.

So, my point again is, sure UConn and Pitt seem to be really good teams. Louisville also looks good right now, but got smacked 90-57 by Notre Dame and then played out the weaker end of their schedule (DePaul, Providence, Seton Hall, Cincinnati were four of the six), so it is not clear how tough they are. On the other hand, about one in three teams is suspect, in fact, bad.

So, it's not clear to me why the entire conference is getting so much love from some of the media. That said, the Big Ten is getting a fair amount of love this year as well.

What was your point?

I don't care what statistics or Sagrin say. UConn, Pitt and Louisville have a chance to make history and be the first conference to have 3 number one seeds. Louisville losing one game in a conference schedule means anything? Michigan State lost to Northwestern so they must not be any good. North Carolina lost to Santa Clara the year they beat Illinois in the title game.

I'm not going to deny the bottom is bad but that conference is a beast. I think the Big 10 is a far more competitive conference but I think if you looking at the cream the Big East the conference.

The hits just keep on coming