Among the six major power men’s basketball conferences in the country, the Big East is the only league without a team positioned for a top-two seeding or good enough to steal a No. 1 seed on Selection Sunday.
The Big East’s top teams aren’t in the upper echelon this season, but that doesn’t mean we should sleep on its teams or the conference’s strength as a whole.
That notion was evident in Connecticut’s 71-69 upset of Villanova on Tuesday, a victory that vaulted the Huskies to a No. 6 seed in the latest NCAA Tournament bracketology projection. The road loss kept ‘Nova at the No. 3 seed line – the highest of any Big East team, slightly ahead of Providence at the No. 4 line. Both teams looked seasoned, well-coached and like a scary matchup for any opponent on the bracket.
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