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Coming into this week many proclaimed that the Big East was the best conference in the entire country and that there would be many a Big East celebration in March. Well after a few days of NIT games and one day of the NCAA tournament perhaps the Big East was getting a bit too much love. Of the 8 Big East teams to play a postseason game this far, only one beat the spread, and they still lost.
4 NIT Games
~UConn defeats Northeastern at home by just 2.
~St. John's (the team that beat the spread) lost by two on the road at Memphis.
~Seton Hall got crushed at home by Texas Tech and their coach was subsequently canned.
~USF lost at home by 1 to NC State.
4 NCAA 1st Round Games
~Villanova was lucky to pull out an overtime victory.
~Notre Dame couldn't hit a jump shot and lost a 6-11 matchup.
~Georgetown was thoroughly embarrassed by a mediocre Ohio team.
~Marquette struggled in the second half and lost their 6-11 matchup on a Washington runner in the closing seconds.
So with all these negative results and 4 Big East games today, it might be wise to make an anti-Big East run. Let's take a quick peak at today's Big East games.
Todays Games
~West Virginia vs. Morgan St.: WVU is too hot to bet against, I would lay off this one.
~Syracuse vs. Vermont: I'd stay away from this as well as I'm sure Boeheim doesn't want another close 1st round game with UVM.
~Pittsburgh vs. Oakland: Pitt probably didn't deserve a 3 seed and they don't blow teams out, could be a good spread to pounce on.
~Louisville vs. Cal: Everyone seemingly went with Pitino in this game but with the Big East's struggles it's probably time to back track from that stance.
Coming into this week many proclaimed that the Big East was the best conference in the entire country and that there would be many a Big East celebration in March. Well after a few days of NIT games and one day of the NCAA tournament perhaps the Big East was getting a bit too much love. Of the 8 Big East teams to play a postseason game this far, only one beat the spread, and they still lost.4 NIT Games
~UConn defeats Northeastern at home by just 2.
~St. John's (the team that beat the spread) lost by two on the road at Memphis.
~Seton Hall got crushed at home by Texas Tech and their coach was subsequently canned.
~USF lost at home by 1 to NC State.
4 NCAA 1st Round Games
~Villanova was lucky to pull out an overtime victory.
~Notre Dame couldn't hit a jump shot and lost a 6-11 matchup.
~Georgetown was thoroughly embarrassed by a mediocre Ohio team.
~Marquette struggled in the second half and lost their 6-11 matchup on a Washington runner in the closing seconds.
So with all these negative results and 4 Big East games today, it might be wise to make an anti-Big East run. Let's take a quick peak at today's Big East games.
Todays Games
~West Virginia vs. Morgan St.: WVU is too hot to bet against, I would lay off this one.
~Syracuse vs. Vermont: I'd stay away from this as well as I'm sure Boeheim doesn't want another close 1st round game with UVM.
~Pittsburgh vs. Oakland: Pitt probably didn't deserve a 3 seed and they don't blow teams out, could be a good spread to pounce on.
~Louisville vs. Cal: Everyone seemingly went with Pitino in this game but with the Big East's struggles it's probably time to back track from that stance.
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