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Message: [QUOTE="CheshireCat, post: 4247082, member: 11800"] Big East is not overrated. Marquette game was between 2 teams headed in opposite directions. NC is hot. They peaked at the wrong time, as did Xavier. What Creighton did with their young team was phenomenal, and surviving yesterday and coming back from down double digits in a 50/50 8-9 seed game was fantastic, all while losing Kalkbrenner late. Providence was a great story this year. Next year, like many BE teams, they have a lot to figure out - but Cooley had been consistent getting them to the dance and putting the pieces together. How many teams make it to the tournament is a far better indicator than how well they perform when they get there. Anything can happen. The Big East has, and will always have, between 4-7 teams every year based on all the factors that get you in (Quad 1, KenPom, yada yada) not based on how they performed in the tournament itself in years past. Kentucky lost in a major upset - it doesn’t meant the SEC is suddenly overrated. [/QUOTE]