"Due to the nature of the old Big East, which featured 16 teams before the realignments of the 2013 offseason, the top eight seeds receive a first-round bye, leaving the No. 9 seed to face the No. 16 seed in the opening round.
This luck of the draw meant the Huskies would get to open the tournament against a DePaul team that had just one conference victory in 18 Big East games during the regular season. In the end, it was probably the best thing that could have happened, as the Huskies put up a season-high 97 points in a blowout win"
My only glimmer of hope this postseason...
