16-17 BIG EAST 20 Questions

[Hall2012]

I'll throw my own in now. The BET is enough of a toss-up that I'll just go with the homer pick, I know I'm not alone.

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

[butlerguy03]

1. BIG EAST Tournament Champion: Xavier
2. BIG EAST Regular Season Champion: Villanova
3. BIG EAST Player of the year: Hart
4. BIG EAST Freshman of the year: Spellman
5. # of teams in NCAA Tournament: 5
6. # of Sweet 16 Teams: 3
7. # of Elite 8 Teams: 2
8. # of Final 4 Teams: 0
9. Last team standing in NCAA Tournament: Xavier
10. Round when last team falls (or wins): Elite 8 (Xavier & Villanova)
11. Most overrated team: Butler (rebuilding year, not reloading)
12. Most underrated team: Villanova (underrated because they may be the class of CBB)
13. Biggest jump (by BIG EAST standing): Creighton
14. Biggest drop (by BIG EAST standing): Providence
15. Highest national ranking: 1
16. # of teams to crack top 25 at any point: 5
17. Most top 25 teams at the same time: 3
18. # of top 25 teams entering NCAA Tournament: 3
19. # of exempt tourney championships: 1
20. Final Conference RPI Ranking: 3

[JohnW22]

1. BIG EAST Tournament Champion: Georgetown
2. BIG EAST Regular Season Champion:Villanova
3. BIG EAST Player of the year: Heart
4. BIG EAST Freshman of the year: Ponds
5. # of teams in NCAA Tournament: 6(X, Nova, Gtown, Marquette, Creighton, SHU
6. # of Sweet 16 Teams: 4( Xavier, Nova, Georgetown, Creighton)
7. # of Elite 8 Teams: 2 (Nova, Creighton)
8. # of Final 4 Teams: 1 (Villanova)
9. Last team standing in NCAA Tournament: Villanova
10. Round when last team falls (or wins): Final 4
11. Most overrated team: Seton Hall
12. Most underrated team: St. Johns
13. Biggest jump (by BIG EAST standing): St. Johns
14. Biggest drop (by BIG EAST standing): Butler
15. Highest national ranking: 1
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
20. Final Conference RPI Ranking: 3

[aughnanure]

I'll play...

11. Most overrated team: Marquette

Overrated? Who's rating us?

[hoyahooligan]

1. BIG EAST Tournament Champion: Georgetown
2. BIG EAST Regular Season Champion:Villanova
3. BIG EAST Player of the year:Hart
4. BIG EAST Freshman of the year: Lovett if he's elligible for the award if not Spellman if he's eligible period, if not then Alpha Diallo
5. # of teams in NCAA Tournament: 6
6. # of Sweet 16 Teams: 4
7. # of Elite 8 Teams: 3
8. # of Final 4 Teams: 3
9. Last team standing in NCAA Tournament: Georgetown
10. Round when last team falls (or wins): National Title
11. Most overrated team: Creighton or Butler
12. Most underrated team: Georgetown
13. Biggest jump (by BIG EAST standing): Georgetown
14. Biggest drop (by BIG EAST standing):Butler
15. Highest national ranking: #1 Villanova
16. # of teams to crack top 25 at any point: 6
17. Most top 25 teams at the same time: 4
18. # of top 25 teams entering NCAA Tournament: 4
19. # of exempt tourney championships: 5: Xavier (Puerto Rico), Villanova (Charleston), Marquette (2K), Creighton (Paradise Jam), DePaul (Las Vegas Classic)
20. Final Conference RPI Ranking: 2

[GumbyDamnit!]

um quick question, how can Nova be overrated if they win the regular season title and make the final 4?

Easy...let me explain.

Being considered overrated is a product of expectation. If one feels that the expectation among the majority of others is unrealistically high, then that team would be judged by some as overrated. EVERYONE is talking about the possibility of Nova repeating. Winning the BE is kind of a basic expectation. This is a quality league and no team can be assumed to win this league without a peep about someone else possibly knocking them off. So in that sense I believe they are overrated. They aren't exponentially better than everyone else in the league and there is a good chance that they may lose to X or CU or someone else. Secondly, and related to my reasoning...I am a homer. I love me some Cats. So I'm going to pick them shamelessly. As a fan, expectations should always be high.

[handdownmandown]

1. BIG EAST Tournament Champion: Xavier
2. BIG EAST Regular Season Champion: Villanova
3. BIG EAST Player of the year: Josh Hart
4. BIG EAST Freshman of the year: Ponds
5. # of teams in NCAA Tournament: 6
6. # of Sweet 16 Teams: 4
7. # of Elite 8 Teams: 2
8. # of Final 4 Teams: 1
9. Last team standing in NCAA Tournament: Villanova
10. Round when last team falls (or wins): Final Four
11. Most overrated team: Seton Hall, by far if you ask me
12. Most underrated team: Providence. I bet they still play the first day in the BET but they'll be 7th
13. Biggest jump (by BIG EAST standing): Creighton
14. Biggest drop (by BIG EAST standing): Seton Hall
15. Highest national ranking: 1
16. # of teams to crack top 25 at any point: 6
17. Most top 25 teams at the same time: 5
18. # of top 25 teams entering NCAA Tournament: 4
19. # of exempt tourney championships: 4
20. Final Conference RPI Ranking: 1

[BEX]

1. BIG EAST Tournament Champion: Xavier
2. BIG EAST Regular Season Champion: 'Nova
3. BIG EAST Player of the year: Sumner
4. BIG EAST Freshman of the year: Goodin
5. # of teams in NCAA Tournament: 6
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): Final Four
11. Most overrated team: Seton Hall
12. Most underrated team: Marquette
13. Biggest jump (by BIG EAST standing): Creighton
14. Biggest drop (by BIG EAST standing): Seton Hall
15. Highest national ranking: 2
16. # of teams to crack top 25 at any point: 5
17. Most top 25 teams at the same time: 5
18. # of top 25 teams entering NCAA Tournament: 5
19. # of exempt tourney championships: 3
20. Final Conference RPI Ranking: 1

[Hall2012]

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)?

[DudeAnon]

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)?

1) Whitehead was your best player. So head of the snake is cut off.
2) Volatility. Seton Hall had a great roster 2 years ago and they imploded.

Personally, I think they will be fine. I actually think whitehead was toxic and his absence won't be all that missed. I do think Gordon being gone will hurt, but someone will have to step up into that leadership role.