16-17 BIG EAST 20 Questions

[Hall2012]

I'm more excited for the 1st Big East Basketball Championship, the rest is icing on the cake. (SS-1974)

I'm surprised you didn't pick CU as the champion, though I do like your pick. Remember, in the Big East the tournament determines the "real" champion

[GumbyDamnit!]

Follow up question for the board:

In the responses so far, I see Seton Hall as a common "biggest drop" pick and the overwhelmingly popular "most overrated" pick. So my question is, why? Did the rest of the league really see them as that much of a 1 man team last year? They return 4 of 5 starters (all juniors) from a team that finished 3rd and won the BET last year. So what are the general thoughts on them? Why are they so overrated (at around 4th in the league, which seemed to be the consensus from the board's standings predictions)?

I don't expect SHU to falter just b/c they lose Whitehead. Great player. Intense on both ends. Matured a lot at SHU.

SHU has a lot coming back. If Williard can get them to play D with the same intensity they seem to always show vs. Nova, they can be a Top 20 team all year. They do have a lot of very good players coming back. They just need good PG play and they'll be more than fine. There are others that can put the biscuit in the basket other than IW. If anything Carrington has killed us more the last 2 years.

[muskienick]

1. BIG EAST Tournament Champion: Xavier
2. BIG EAST Regular Season Champion: Villanova
3. BIG EAST Player of the year: Kris Jenkins - Villanova
4. BIG EAST Freshman of the year: Joey Brunk - Butler
5. # of teams in NCAA Tournament: Six
6. # of Sweet 16 Teams: 3
7. # of Elite 8 Teams: 2
8. # of Final 4 Teams: 1
9. Last team standing in NCAA Tournament: Xavier
10. Round when last team falls (or wins): Semi's
11. Most overrated team: Marquette
12. Most underrated team: DePaul
13. Biggest jump (by BIG EAST standing): Georgetown
14. Biggest drop (by BIG EAST standing): Providence
15. Highest national ranking: 1 (Villanova)
16. # of teams to crack top 25 at any point: 4
17. Most top 25 teams at the same time: 3
18. # of top 25 teams entering NCAA Tournament: 3
19. # of exempt tourney championships: 3- Villanova, Xavier, Creighton
20. Final Conference RPI Ranking: 3

A few of BluJay's requests:
21. First Team All BE: Josh Hart- Nova, Kelan Martin - Butler, Isaac Copeland - G-town, Khadeen Carrington - Seton Hall; Edmond Sumner - Xavier
22. Coach of the Year: Chris Mack - Xavier
23. Defensive Player of the Year: Kaiser Gates - Xavier
24. Which coach has the hottest seat?: Dave Leitao - DePaul
25. Which coach is most likely to leave for another job offer: Wojo - Marquette