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Nova even having a shot likely starts tonight against Wisconsin. Lose there and they’ll need two wins against UConn and StJ.
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Final BE OOC thread 25/26
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Nova's out of conference schedule sucked for them this season. BYU in basically a home game for BYU, at Michigan, and Wisconsin in Milwaukee. If they scheduled better they would probably be a tournament team.
Providence sucks because of Kim English but they have a lot of talent and will play spoilers to any teams trying to make the tournament. That team with a good coach is an easy tournament team that could win a game or two.
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With 37 at-large bids and maybe 2 of those coming from outside the 5 major conferences, Big East should get 4, maybe 5, bids.
People focus so much on the big East bubble teams’ problems, but all the bubble teams have warts. Otherwise they wouldn’t be bubble teams.
People focus so much on the big East bubble teams’ problems, but all the bubble teams have warts. Otherwise they wouldn’t be bubble teams.
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Guess most feel the league worth is based on 60% bids received, 40% final four and better finishes.
1985 proved you only needed 3 bids to get us 3 of the final four. Exceptional year, not duplicated again, but set the standard for league dominance since it also was all BE final and thus winner (Nova).
So while before the dance we can quibble about how many bids we get, once we are seeing Big East teams getting some success in the dance, we usually forget the number of bids anyway.
1985 proved you only needed 3 bids to get us 3 of the final four. Exceptional year, not duplicated again, but set the standard for league dominance since it also was all BE final and thus winner (Nova).
So while before the dance we can quibble about how many bids we get, once we are seeing Big East teams getting some success in the dance, we usually forget the number of bids anyway.
The problem is that other conference bubble teams have way more opportunities to build a resume in-conference. Non con was more important for the big east teams. It's not a lost cause for the Villanova's of the world if they lose tonight, but their margin for error is a lot smaller.