Van Pelt On Big East

[DCwarrior]

Even when Seth Greenberg gives Nova a compliment by saying they are really good and picking them to make the Championship game, he can't help but sneak in a dig at the Big East. He prefaced his Nova pick by saying a lot of people aren't aware of how good they are because they aren't seen much on TV.

[Mark Miller]

Most of this talk can be attribute to two things ...

1) ESPN protecting its turf;

2) Media "personalities" being opinionated to drive ratings.

The people in the room who do the actual seeding/selecting are the ones who get it.

[milwaukeejedi1]

Do any of these clowns watch college basketball untill after the super bowl is done? Wasn't there all these great articles about how well the Big East did in November, what has changed for some.

I'm a bit surprised in what Gottlieb had to say.

Gottlieb's always talks negatively about the Big East. On his show, he said the BE was comparable to the WCC and that it's not a power conference.

[kneelb4zerg]

Gottlieb's always talks negatively about the Big East. On his show, he said the BE was comparable to the WCC and that it's not a power conference.

I think this falls into the category of being opinionated for its own sake. That is just ridiculous.

[Markedman]

Didn't somebody compile total win-loss records of Big East against the other power conferences this season?

As I recall the conference was over .500 against most of them.

[MUBasketball]

Most of this talk can be attribute to two things ...

1) ESPN protecting its turf;

2) Media "personalities" being opinionated to drive ratings.

The people in the room who do the actual seeding/selecting are the ones who get it.

The problem is this thought gets perpetuated since most sports fans are mindless and believe whatever ESPN tells them. Big East needs to kick ass in this tournament.

[Nukem2]

The problem is this thought gets perpetuated since most sports fans are mindless and believe whatever ESPN tells them. Big East needs to kick ass in this tournament.

Yes, ultimately ya gotta walk the talk....

[kneelb4zerg]

Yes, ultimately ya gotta walk the talk....

Hasn't the big east done that all year long?

[AlexJesswein]

Hasn't the big east done that all year long?

For better or worse...tournament performance trumps all else

[Nukem2]

For better or worse...tournament performance trumps all else

Yep, that's the ultimate litmus test, FBOW.