The Big East is really, really Big. Already poised with 3 of 4 teams entering the Elite 8 from last night's results, 2 more Big East teams are waiting to tap off tonight. And these teams are breathing down hard on Elite 8 status; Louisville, the overall first seeded team, and a Syracuse squad that no one seems able to slow down. Could it be possible to get 5 teams into the final 8? How does this now look for PC, a 19-13 bubble bust? I think PC's 10-8 record in conference makes clear of their status as an above-average team with potential to be good, but suffering from bouts of inopportune mediocrity. Only in instances could we make out a concise unity in their play that makes basketball teams great, far too often it was replaced with little effort into a numskull-esque, reckless performance, that left PC supporters embarrassed and basketball fans shaking heads (and writing them off as amateurs). Only from hard stats can PC manipulate its season into one so tournament worthy, yet it took all but one NIT game to vindicate its naysayers. Hopefully, the PC of '08-'09 can outlive some of this disappointing season with a bittersweet finish for the country's best college basketball conference. Never thought I could say this
without reservations, but assuredly it is in the hearts of the all those PC... Go Pitt and UConn, Go 'Nova and 'Cuse, and even a lowercase 'go' for Louisville (even though it was Louisville who effectively ended PC's dream of a tournament berth this season).
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