My favorite interview was right before the WVU-Duke game when Huggins was asked about preparing for a team as good as Duke. He responded with the FIRST thing he said being, "Well, we play in the Big East..."As though that explains all you should ever need to know about facing good teams because all the best teams are there.
Ah, so, yes, you play in the Big East, Bob. And the two times your boys had their asses handed to them were Jan 1 versus a Big Ten team and in the Final Four against an ACC team. Just wanted to clarify that.
Also, Sports Illustrated had a number of "Big East flexes their muscles" kinds of quotes in their bracket predictions. And then Georgetown lost to the 9th place MAC team, Notre Dame lost to Old Dominion, Syracuse got knocked out by the Horizon League champ, Marquette lost to a Pac 10 team..... and the championship was ACC vs Horizon.
So let's close the book on '09-'10 Big East nut-slurping. It's a good conference, sure, but it's a mega-conference so you're bound to have some good teams.
Just not the best teams.
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Syracuse sucks!
Is there anything good from the Big East? Is there anything good from that region of the country? Me thinks not....but maybe seafood.
J's from that region, mister...guess you're right.
Ooh, burn.
Based on all the highlights of Duke during halftime last night, you would think the Dukie V's were up by 20. They all slurp on other teams besides the Big Easy teams.
I did gain a little bit of respect back for Dan Patrick as he spent the first 10-15 minutes of his radio show last Friday ripping on ESPN and how they pick who leads Sports Center. Duke and UNC were part of that segment.
espn has been losing my respect for a long time. sports analysis and coverage is being replaced by senseless superlatives and drama-mongering. its a joke.
the big east infatuation borders on yellow journalism.
btfu
Ben, since the Big East covers everyplace from West Virginia to Louisville to Milwaukee to Syracuse, I'd say there are a lot of good things from that "region." Like, for instance, Purdue.
I'm part of the ESPN Fan Zone, so I get the periodic invitations to fill out surveys about this sport or that show or whatever.
It's great, because it's basically a monthly invitation to explain exactly how ESPN sucks and what they could do to improve (if they cared to listen). Sometimes you can even win prizes. I got some swag (including a decent duffel bag) for writing an epitaph for ESPN. Yeah, that was the assignment. Couldn't get any easier.
Our viewing group noted that the talking heads were studiously avoiding the fact that Butler and Purdue held Duke in check during the tournament. Butler was once again struggling on offense and still squarely in the game (they should have been up by 10 or so at the break), and it was Duke Duke Duke ACC! duke. Of course, after the game they were quick to explain how they knew all along it would be a close game.
It would be interesting to see ESPN artfully avoiding discussion of the Big Ten as a power conference should one of the mega-expansion scenarios play out, like Texas + Texas A&M + Missouri or Missouri + Notre Dame + Pitt. (By then, CBS will have hopefully lost the tournament coverage due to their powerful incompetence.) I suppose the Big 14's depth would be a weakness, whereas the Big East would still have strength in numbers.
I just watched Dickie V's top 6 teams for next year. Here is his list:
6. Butler
5. Purdue
4. Villanova
3. MSU
2. aOSU
1. Duke
First of all, WTF is Villanova doing at #4? The team that almost went down to Robert Morris then succumbed to powerhouse St. Mary's loses a first team All-American guard, and is somehow #4? Give me a break. They have the #24 ranked class by rivals, so it's not like they are bringing in instant stars.
aOSU will be good, but we all know Turner is going pro and there is no way they are #2 in the nation. Putting them #2 seems mild compared to even putting Nova in the discussion. What a joke.
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