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Big Games In The Big East
The Big East tournament has reached the semi-finals but not without some upsets and buzzer beaters. The top two seeds, Syracuse and Villanova both lost their first game of the tournament. Syracuse lost to George Town 91-84, the Hoyas reminded the Big East that it’s still got the talent to make every game a dog fight. Marquette topped Villanova 80-76 even without their big time scorer’s. The Golden Eagles match up with fellow upset team George Town in the Semi’s for a battle of the better underdog.
With more on the upset special Notre Dame, downs Pitt with a slow paced sloppy 50-45 victory. Notre Dame was once a NIT-bound team, now after 6 straight wins over quality opponents has proven to be a threatening team to win the Big East and make a run in the Tourney. They are hitting their stride at the right time. They will be facing West Virginia tonight at 9 ET. West Virginia took on Cinnci last night, and it took a buzzer beater to squeak by. Da’Sean Butler’s big shot was icing on top of a crazy day at the Big East tournament.
The Big East has been the best conference tournament to watch thus far but there is more to come and the championship is up for grabs. Look for the action not to let up and tune in for quality college basketball and some prepping for the big dance.
Who will be Number One?
As the NCAA tournament approaches, questions on who will be in or out of the Tournament start to take place. Who will end up as the number one team in the nation? Naturally, there is no undefeated team, but there are also not many teams that have my full confidence in March Madness. The NCAA tournament begins March 16 and many teams still need to make a strong case in the conference tournaments to make the NCAA tournament.
The Kansas Jayhawks control the number one ranking with two losses, and Kentucky holds the number 2 ranking with two losses. But, both teams lost to Tennessee handily shows that neither team can say they will easily go to the Final Four. After the Week rankings are up, Syracuse will most likely will jump to the number one spot after their dominating victory over Villanova at home. The Kansas Jayhawks seem to have things in control because they have beaten tough teams in the Big 12 such as Kansas St. and Texas. But what about the rest of the teams? Purdue, Duke, Villanova, Syracuse, West Virginia, and Kansas St. make strong cases for a successful run at the Final Four.
Purdue just had a devastating loss in Robbie Hummel, a very versatile player for the Boilermakers. The Big East teams are hard to judge because they cannot win away games verses very tough Big East Conference. As for Duke, well let’s just say, they are Duke. Tennessee would make a statement with their two huge wins over #1 Kansas and #2 Kentucky, but most they have lost too many away games to make them more than just a huge threat. Kentucky’s John Wall is a tremendous player no doubt, but I don’t believe he has the maturity to lead his team to a National Championship. Many questions seem to come about as various upsets happen to top ten teams. I think that Syracuse and Duke will make a strong run, but I also believe that any team is capable of pulling of an upset this year. Who is number one in your eyes?
