Big East Survivors Thread

[BugsyCT]

I've got Marquette, Baylor and Pittsburgh in my bracket, and I'm sticking to it.

Anything can happen of course, but I think Marquette has more talent and Smart is easily as good a coach as Izzo. Baylor can stink a place up, but as mentioned above, both the venue and Creighton's bench liabilities favor Baylor. And Xavier looked like crap last game, their success has become Hunter's responsibility, and Pitt arguably now has better guard play and inside play with the development of the Diaz twins.

Rough day.

 

[uconngb]

Xavier and Creighton advance. MSU is too tough in March.

Can you please give me your picks on Thursday??

 

[HooperScooper]

Hurley was right. Big East is pretty good. 3 teams in the Sweet 16. Ironically not the team that won the regular season and BET.

 

[caw]

7-2 for the BE. Not bad.

Top four in the BE was murderers row and PC at home was also good.

 

[SubbaBub]

Big East holding up its end on seeding with 3 in the final 16. Swapping Creighton for Xavier.

 

[gsmooth]

Rough day.

U don’t have to tell me. I had Purdue and Marquette squaring off in the elite 8. And I had Arizona in the Final Four losing to Marquette

 

[TyroneShoo]

You guys beat a real pain in the arse team.. very well done in second half again.

X, uconn and creighton all heading into next weekend with resounding wins!!

 

[gsmooth]

You guys beat a real pain in the arse team.. very well done in second half again.

X, uconn and creighton all heading into next weekend with resounding wins!!

I love it Big East representin. 3 out of 4 ain’t bad

 

[caw]

I feel I am missing a conference, starts with an A.

BE - (UCONN, Creighton, X)
SEC - (Bama, Tennessee, Arkansas)
Big12 - (KSU, Texas)
AAC - (Houston)
Big 10 - (MSU)
PAC - (UCLA)
MW - (SDSU)
IVY - (Princeton)

Still to go:
Miami - Indiana
Gonzaga - TCU
FDU - FAU

 

[storrsroars]

Rough day.

Yep. But my FF is still intact!

 

[SellersElbow]

This conference is for real and only looking to get better in years to come.

 

[uconngb]

Let’s see: BE got 60% of its teams to the S16. Big 10 is looking at either 12.5% or 25%. Big 12 not much better. But they are the power conferences?? Right

 

[jibsey]

Let’s see: BE got 60% of its teams to the S16. Big 10 is looking at either 12.5% or 25%. Big 12 not much better. But they are the power conferences?? Right

How much was the Big 10 lauded all year. Talking heads said best conference hands down, no arguments taken. Where’s Purdue?

 

[uconngb]

How much was the Big 10 lauded all year. Talking heads said best conference hands down, no arguments taken. Where’s Purdue?

Where are any of them?????

 

[TyroneShoo]

I love it Big East representin. 3 out of 4 ain’t bad

absolutely…also, Xavier sending Pitt home was enjoyable as hell. no offense to St Mary’s- they do very well given their situation… no one in the big east is rooting for team Australia .., and I gotta think you share the feeling that Pitt, BC, & Syracuse can’t lose enough. good luck next weekend! Screw em

 

[caw]

How much was the Big 10 lauded all year. Talking heads said best conference hands down, no arguments taken. Where’s Purdue?

Most talking heads lauded Purdue, Indiana and maybe MSU at the end of the year. From what I heard most thought the B10 was deep but didn't have anyone that could really make a run.

Heard more about the B12 TBH.

 

[uconngb]

Let’s recalibrate:

BE has as many teams in the S16 as the Big 10 and Big 12 combined. 3/5 vs 3/15

It’s the same thing every year……..

 

[nelsonmuntz]

absolutely…also, Xavier sending Pitt home was enjoyable as hell. no offense to St Mary’s- they do very well given their situation… no one in the big east is rooting for team Australia .., and I gotta think you share the feeling that Pitt, BC, & Syracuse can’t lose enough. good luck next weekend! Screw em

It is hard to root against schools like BCU, Syracuse and Louisville in March because they are all home. How do you root for a team to lose when they stopped playing over a week ago?

 

[uconngb]

God if only Marquette could have won to completely bagel the dramatically and perpetually overrated Big 10

 

[TyroneShoo]

It is hard to root against schools like BCU, Syracuse and Louisville in March because they are all home. How do you root for a team to lose when they stopped playing over a week ago?

and May it Long continue

 

[Ratso]

the marquette was too easy to predict. they blew their load winning the BE title

 

[AdamaNation]

Not bad for an enabler. Makes 14 that much sweeter as well as the aircraft carrier game.

 

[AdamaNation]

I feel I am missing a conference, starts with an A.

BE - (UCONN, Creighton, X)
SEC - (Bama, Tennessee, Arkansas)
Big12 - (KSU, Texas)
AAC - (Houston)
Big 10 - (MSU)
PAC - (UCLA)
MW - (SDSU)
IVY - (Princeton)

Still to go:
Miami - Indiana
Gonzaga - TCU
FDU - FAU

Duke still has a chance.

 

[uconngb]

Duke still has a chance.

And how is that exactly??

 

[upstater]

the marquette was too easy to predict. they blew their load winning the BE title

Multiple fouls to your best players in the first few minutes is going to handcuff you.

And it really. Shaka breeds scrappy teams, but you can't get called for those handsy fouls, or you're done for.