USA Today Countdown
Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2013 3:17 pmScott Gleeson of USA Today has been publishing a daily countdown of the 68 teams that their staff projects to make the NCAA tournament this year. They are up to #35 and the first Big East team has shown up on the list:
Villanova, a #9 seed.
They do not say where they expect Villanova to finish in the Big East, but they say the following:
"The league race appears to be wide open, and the Wildcats would have to beat out four other NCAA tournament-caliber teams in Marquette, Creighton, Georgetown, and St. John's."
I'm taking that to mean that they are seeing the Big East as a 5 bid league with Villanova in the 5th spot and they other 4 finishing ahead of them. Earlier in the summer, they picked Creighton at #17 and Marquette at #22 in their top 25.
Villanova, a #9 seed.
They do not say where they expect Villanova to finish in the Big East, but they say the following:
"The league race appears to be wide open, and the Wildcats would have to beat out four other NCAA tournament-caliber teams in Marquette, Creighton, Georgetown, and St. John's."
I'm taking that to mean that they are seeing the Big East as a 5 bid league with Villanova in the 5th spot and they other 4 finishing ahead of them. Earlier in the summer, they picked Creighton at #17 and Marquette at #22 in their top 25.
