It's only 2 weeks and the sample is relatively small, but the Big East is currently playing like the best conference in the country (per Torvik, with priors removed).
The Big East goes 4-2 to start a critical weekend for the conference. Stacking Nov. and Dec. results = bids in March. Georgetown, DePaul and Xavier with high-major wins away from home. UConn commanded Ohio St.
Huge weekend for Providence, Marquette, Creighton, St. John's ahead.
To put in perspective how massive this day was for the Big East:
The Big East netted 33 spots on KenPom today.
UConn up 1 spot
Xavier up 12 spots
DePaul up 13 spots
Seton Hall up 6 spots
Georgetown up 8 spots
Butler down 7 spots
Makes every conference game look better!
Dan Hurley has said repetitively that this UConn team could be the best perimeter defensive team he’s ever had. Huskies are just so advanced on that end of the floor for November 5. Oh, and Silas Demary Jr. looks every bit like an All-American.
Losing teams find ways to lose. That’s the “culture” everyone talks about. It’s not that the locker room or building is filled with bad players/people. I’ve seen that before — not the case at all.
But this team, in what will be a 16-year absence from the playoffs, waits for the other shoe to drop. Expects it.
Saying things have changed or saying things are different doesn’t mean anything. Talk is cheap. There needs to be a seismic shift in the mental makeup of that team.
Jets fans don’t want to hear it, but you can compare it right across town to what John Harbaugh brought the Giants.
You can make argument (top to bottom in current state) that the Jets have a better roster.
Why are Giants 4-2-1 vs 2-5 Jets?
That’s a loss that feels like the end of everything. The worst in years. Absolute disgrace.
To all #Jets fans telling me to root for losses and draft picks, I’m not fighting back anymore.
And it’s just a matter of when, not if, they fire the coach. They absolutely should.