do it for all the working pitt grads out there boys!!! give us the 7PM start time!

They’re joining in progress. Enjoy Islanders postgame, something islanders fans don’t even enjoy.

Let’s hope Pitt Football soon treats Rutgers the same way…as it should be.

Hail to Pitt!!

10 Big East teams finished .500 or better. South Florida might need to win one, maybe two games but they have a legitimate shot. Seton Hall has a ways to go but they have a chance as well. Some might say that the league was more dominant last season but one thing is for sure, it’s never been more competitive.

It will be fun to watch the first two rounds of the BET this year. Locking up the double bye now looks like a necessity with Dixon banged up a little. This gives him 5 days to rest his ankles, knees and elbows. Great season for Pitt basketball but it’s not over yet.

Hurts losing to Seton Hall and South Florida now. That cost us a regular season title and maybe landed both teams in the tourney? Fun season nonetheless. No regrets whatsoever.

….maybe losing to Indiana, a little bit.

Their RPIs aren’t so great, and USF has plenty of bad losses to go with their two big wins against us and G-town (sorry, beating an overrated UConn team at home doesn’t count).

NIT looks like a safe bet for those squads.

I don’t even know how UConn was on the bubble today, they kind of suck. Oh, that’s right, they’re UConn and they have name recognition.

I think Georgetown belongs on the bubble, despite being ranked most of the season. Ever since their home loss to USF they’ve been mediocre at best. Just a feeble way to finish off a season.

But you and I both know they’re making the tourney either way.

I guess to summarize, I think ‘quette and Notre Dame should be in (has there been a hotter team the last few weeks in the Big East than the Irish?)

Georgetown will be in (based not on stuff that happened earlier in the year).

USF will need to make a huge BET run (possibly to the finals) to get in. They get Depaul in round 1, but I doubt that win will impress the committee too much. Maybe a 2nd win against the Hoyas in round 2 will, and then they’d get a really really good, but not invicible, WVU team. For every good win against Pitt or G-town, there were losses to other bubble teams like Notre Dame and Marquette, or worse yet, a loss to the Johnnies AT HOME recently. They’re a solid NIT team though.

Seton Hall is probably a little worse off than USF at this point. Not as many big wins as the Bulls, and they also lost to USF (and also lost to another bubble team in VaTech). They look like an NIT team. Once again, they play Rutgers again in the BET, and that win won’t impress anyone. Then they’d get the red hot Irish, and then us.

BTW, the announcer going on about Tim Frye today was hilarious!

I’m going to go out on a limb and say we get 9. Dominique Jones might just will South Florida to a couple of wins and turn a head on that committee. One more win and it would be their 20th win of the season.

Seton Hall might get screwed again. Do they deserve to be in the tourney? Is finishing .500 in the best conference in college basketball history enough? I’m not sure but in my opinion they are not in right now. As I said, they have a ways to go.

I think VaTech is going to get in and so will Clemson and Wake Forest(kinda tough but most likely will) and all three will most likely lose in the first round. Would anyone look at the Clemson vs Wake game tomorrow as loser is out? If the ACC gets more than 6 then that’s wrong. I can’t wait to hear Dick Vitale’s excuses for UNC next Sunday. That might be worth recording on the old DVR.

I’m a little interested in how many the Pac-10 get. 3 at most maybe unless someone gets hot and wins that tourney. You know that could happen. That conference is one hot mess. Where are those awesome UCLA fans that talked smack after we lost to them in the tourney that year?

It’s still up for grabs. Speculation is fun right now but it’s basically just getting your thoughts out at this point. I have a feeling a Mid-Major with a three-point shooting future lawyer on it’s team will make somebody cry next Sunday. I’m making popcorn to see that.

Personally, don’t really care if he doesn’t play in the BET. Would rather rest him and keep him healthy for the big dance.

They need to win 2 to even be back on the bubble, and even then, they’d be on the wrong side of it.

SJU needs to win the whole thing. They’re just not that good.

Interesting comment, Carmen. I question whether this team is capable of making it to the Final Four, so let’s set making it to the Elite Eight as a great accomplishment. Your choice:

Losing the first game in the BE Tourney but making it to the Elite Eight?

Winning the BE Tourney but getting beat in the first game of the NCAA tourney?

Even though I’d like ot see it, I also doubt they take 9 from the BE, so USF likely ends up on the outside unless they win it all. Even with the UConn win, their RPI will be outside the top 64 (~67). So is they’re Pomeroy rating (75).

Same goes for anyone below the top 8 in the conference. Seton Hall has the best chance of sneaking in with a good performance and a poor one by ND in the BE tourney. They’re both 6-4 in the past 10 and Seton Hall won the head-to-head. However, ND’s more recent streak still might put them in anyway.

Jimbo C…: Interesting take on Georgetown. Just think their RPI and SOS (#1) will keep them in it, but you never know. ND’s recent play and the Harangody factor could trump if it comes down to those two as the last team in (assuming someone outside the top 8 wins the BE tourney). RPI and SOS (#2) is also why UConn hung in among the 64 for so long.

All speculation on my part, but that’s what makes this time of year so fun. Pitt’s a lock looking like no worse than a 3 seed. That’s really all I care about.

I’m speculating here as well and going through some scenarios in my head. Maybe some wishful thinking on my part with a splash of Big East pride. But, things could very well change this week. My opinion(and it doesn’t matter much to the NCAA suits) is that if you are a competitive school in the best league then you should be considered. USF and SH could very well fall short but they should be given a hard look, specially USF.

This week should be a lot of fun. The rise and fall of hope smells like Madison Square Garden. I have been there many times and that place can make anyone play like a champion on any given day. Unless of course, you are St. Johns.

I do really hope the BE gets 9. Would love to see USF get in. As you can tell by my handle, I live in Tampa. Root for USF except when it matters to Pitt. It would do good for the rest of the conference to have someone new rise from the ashes. I just doubt they’ll give us that many.

Also want to correct my statement about Pitt. I meant they’re a lock for the tourney and looking like a 3 seed right now. Tourney could change that +/- one spot.

Pure guess on my part, but if Pitt loses on Thursday night, I think they get a 4 or 5 seed; if they lose on Friday or Saturday, a 3 seed; if they win the BE Tourney, an outside shot at a 2 seed.

It’s the subjective ratings that worry me the most. Afraid that if the committee members have long memories, they’ll look a the Pomeroy and recall those past high seeded Pitt teams (2s and 3s that were good defensively and mediocre offensively) getting bounced from the tourney early, and put us at a #5.

Would really hate to see that, because this team sets up pretty well for the famous 12 over 5 upset. I’d be a wreck from the selection show until the end of the first round game.

Lou, my perspective is different. I would rather see Pitt be a champion in something rather than an also ran in something else. I am going to do a search on the Internet to try to determine what has the most hits: the list of BE champions over the past 10 years or the list of teams that were members of the Elite Eight over the last 10 years.