Pipe Down Big East

Boy, I don’t know who had tougher day yesterday, the whinging second tier of Big East teams or this guy. (No, not Coach B- click the link.)

If you are a Big East partisan- you can certainly strongly argue that a .500 or so league team ought to go ahead of the mid-major Air Forces or Creightons or Bradleys of the world. But you also have to understand how simply delicious it is to watch your pretty mediocre mid-level conference teams take the 0-for-3 collar. That shutout is a pretty compelling- if not outright convincing- statement that maybe the proto-typical 8-8, 9-7 Big East team isn't all the Boston Globe, Philadelphia Daily News and Washington Post overwhelming promises.

Seriously, there is no way Seton Hall belonged in this tournament- no way. They are not one of the best 35 teams in the country. And the Witchita State team I watched yesterday, in the Big East, would have protected its home court more often than not and won games

So pipe down- and pray that Pitt can stagger past Kent without requiring overtime- or Georgetown doesn’t spit the bit against Northern Iowa.

Special Note: As of 1:12 PM today, C-USA is still undefeated.