I will always be a Big East supporter and will be the last to call the conference overrated, however I have an honest question. Early Big East play has been very inconsistent, does the inconsistency reflect the toughness of the conference or more so the top teams in the conference are very good but not as elite as thought?
Some examples: Villanova, their best win is still Gonzaga and they lost to Butler on the road.
Butler: Beats Nova who was the number 1 team in the country but then losses to Seton Hall and Creighton: Has looked very good for parts of games this season but then is prone to blowing large leads.
Xavier: It has been said multiple times on this site how Xavier is a very good team, but they have not looked elite at all this year and have earned that ranking as a result of their name.
Seton Hall: We know how the early part of Big East play has played out.
We will not know truly the answer to this question in March when we see how the conference stacks up against the rest of the nation. But in my opinion you want to see some consistency from the top 2 or 3 teams against the rest of the conference .
Some examples: Villanova, their best win is still Gonzaga and they lost to Butler on the road.
Butler: Beats Nova who was the number 1 team in the country but then losses to Seton Hall and Creighton: Has looked very good for parts of games this season but then is prone to blowing large leads.
Xavier: It has been said multiple times on this site how Xavier is a very good team, but they have not looked elite at all this year and have earned that ranking as a result of their name.
Seton Hall: We know how the early part of Big East play has played out.
We will not know truly the answer to this question in March when we see how the conference stacks up against the rest of the nation. But in my opinion you want to see some consistency from the top 2 or 3 teams against the rest of the conference .