Gumbydamnit opened the flood gates over on the Holyland of Hoops site. Now every Tom, Dick, and Harry is making “bold predictions” over there.
Here’s mine…
Re: Bold BE Predictions for 2016-17
by gtmoBlue » Fri Sep 02, 2016 5:40 pm
No surprise here, I’ll hold with my May predictions.
Big East – 2016-17 Finish (02 Sept. Edition)
1. Creighton
2. Seton Hall
2. Villanova
4. Xavier
5. Georgetown
6. St Johns
7. DePaul
8. Marquette
9. Providence
10. Butler
and the ever popular: Let’s Play 20 Questions HLH’s 2016-17 “20 Questions”
Re: 16-17 BIG EAST 20 Questions
1. BIG EAST Tournament Champion: Seton Hall
2. BIG EAST Regular Season Champion: Creighton
3. BIG EAST Player of the year: Marcus Foster
4. BIG EAST Freshman of the year: Kobe Paras
5. # of teams in NCAA Tournament: 6 (Creighton, SH, ‘Nova, G’twn, X, Johnnies)
6. # of Sweet 16 Teams: 3 – Georgetown, ‘Nova, Creighton
7. # of Elite 8 Teams: 2 ‘Nova, Creighton
8. # of Final 4 Teams: 1 ‘Nova
9. Last team standing in NCAA Tournament: ‘Nova
10. Round when last team falls (or wins): FF
11. Most overrated team: Xavier
12. Most underrated team: St. Johns
13. Biggest jump (by BIG EAST standing): St. Johns
14. Biggest drop (by BIG EAST standing): Butler
15. Highest national ranking: 2
16. # of teams to crack top 25 at any point: 7 (‘Nova, X, SH, Creighton, G’twn, Butler, Marquette)
17. Most top 25 teams at the same time: 5 (‘Nova, X, SH, Creighton, G’twn)
18. # of top 25 teams entering NCAA Tournament: 5
19. # of exempt tourney championships: 4 X, ‘Nova, Creighton, DePaul
20. Final Conference RPI Ranking: 2
21. Most improved team: Tie btwn St. Johns/Creighton.*Gotta give ‘Nova the benefit of the doubt in the NCAAs. We all know it’s about the matchups and they are a veteran team.
- What’s your take?
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