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Anyone a little worried about the Big East this year?

80shusky said:
You can't ask for more than we've gotten from our team this year but I'm a little worried about the rest of the conference. Creighton looked awful the last two games I saw (no Kalk vs BYU I get that). And some of the other teams have already had some head scratching losses. Who in the BE can we hang our hat on? St John's maybe? Xavier has looked better than their record in some of the games I've seen and Butler might have a shot to make some noise. Can Villanova right the ship? Maybe Marquette and Providence can have strong seasons?
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Am i worried about the BE? Honestly? No. If they are the team we think they are then we`ll theyll be fine. Upsets happen and id rather go into the tourney with a couple of losses on the season and a big east tourney title than undefeated which is the kiss of death. Although if its one school that can pull of something as unexpected as an undefeated season its probably us. Let me just say if this team went undefeated and won it all i would absolutely lose my friggen mind:eek:
 
auror said:
WAB, specifically from Torvik.
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It has no efficiency component to it, purely resume (though does consider the efficiency of your opponents to determine a baseline to compare your performance against). Which goes to your "lots of close losses", which in WAB hurt you, not reward you.

(As an aside, some B1G schools have losses because they've already played conference games against each other).
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Your ranks don't match up with the T-Rank numbers though. They didn't change that much since yesterday. Here are today's:

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We'll probably drop a game or two on the road during conference play, which can only help us going into March (and give a nice boost to the BE team that pulls it off). Don't want to be going into any end of year tournaments undefeated, ask St. Joes/Kentucky/Gonzaga how that works out.

That said, how nice is it to go from sweating the outcomes of games against ECU and Tulane to figuring out which BE teams even have a chance at knocking us off.

Here's hoping we beat the bricks off of Nova too. They had a nice run but it's time to come off of our throne.
 
Zissou said:
Moore is not good to go.

For Nova @ UConn at the end of Dec, Nova appears to be outgunned. Moore will not likely be back and Nova will not have much game time to gel around Whitmore. Whitmore is a big talent and we will have a shot, but UConn has much more time as a unit with its key pieces in place.

Expect Moore back in January, and Nova firing on all cylinders by March. UConn @ Nova in early March will be an important test for both teams.

I bet UConn has at least 4 losses before the NCAAs. That would be a great record, and UConn will have been tested by conference play. Nova should be under seeded due to the losses in the early season without Cam and Moore, but teams will not want to draw them.
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I hate to break this to you, but UConn has the 4 best players in the Big East and it’s not even really that debatable…Nova has some nice pieces, but even when Moore comes back I expect we’ll beat you guys like a drum. You guys had a nice run and kept the Big East semi-relevant while we were gone. We’re back now and we will once again own the Big East. Thanks for your interest in UConn basketball.
 
I really ain't worried about the Big East that much. Life is hard, as it is.
 
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Xavier shooting 42% from 3 for the year so far with 4 frequent shooters over 40%. Their losses are to Indiana, Duke, and Gonzaga in single digit games. Souley Boum is an impact addition and Kam Craft I think will be. With a coaching upgrade to Miller, I think they will be a significant opponent, as well as a healthy Creighton.
 
Rico444 said:
It's not that interesting. Have you seen us play?

I don't think we're going undefeated in the conference this year, but I think anyone that's watched basketball so far would say UConn is the clear favorite to win the conference, even factoring in Whitmore's return.
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We'll be 18-2 in the Big East this year.
 
Hurleyman216 said:
I hate to break this to you, but UConn has the 4 best players in the Big East and it’s not even really that debatable…Nova has some nice pieces, but even when Moore comes back I expect we’ll beat you guys like a drum. You guys had a nice run and kept the Big East semi-relevant while we were gone. We’re back now and we will once again own the Big East. Thanks for your interest in UConn basketball.
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Maybe 4 in the top 10 but not the 4 absolute best,
I'm a UConn lover but not going to say that they have the 4 best and non debatable
Please lose that tired "Thanks for your interest in UConn basketball" Thanks DHman:eek:
 
USNavyDog said:
We'll be 18-2 in the Big East this year.
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This is a bold prediction. Even Nova's best year, if I remember correctly, they went 14-4. Albeit this is the BE's worst year since realignment... but still bold.
 
gtcam said:
Maybe 4 in the top 10 but not the 4 absolute best,
I'm a UConn lover but not going to say that they have the 4 best and non debatable
Please lose that tired "Thanks for your interest in UConn basketball" Thanks DHman:eek:
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Agree to disagree here. If you took Sanogo, Clingan, Jackson and Hawkins and put them on 4 different BE teams there’s a very high likelihood they all make BE First Team. Thanks for your interest in Hurleyman’s posts!
 
Waquoit said:
Nine teams in Ken Pom's Top 71 is pretty good
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This is a very underrated point. Sure we don't have 6 teams in the top 25 like the B10 but 9 in the top 71 is a damn good conference.
 
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PC went 14-3* in the BE last year... we can and should go 17-3 or 16-4 on our way to winning the conference against weaker comp. anything worse and we might not be a #1 seed in the tourney even if we win the BET as well.
 
Creighton will be a ranked team again by February (half these losses are missing their best player), Xavier is good and is adjusting to new coach, Providence beat URI, and then won their next two games by 40 a piece, they have pretty much all transfers so only natural for it to take a month to get on track, St. Johns has looked good, Butler has looked good and is adjusting to new coach, Marquette has been solid. Add in the fact that Villanova is always going to play UConn tough, just getting back into gear with their new coach and injuries. Think a lot of the 'let down' is just holiday tournament damage. This is a good conference where every game will be a fight...lets wait until UConn plays a single conferecne game before accusing the rest of the conference of not being good enough
 
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