With the tournament coming in about a month in a half, here’s what the tournament would look like if conference play ended today. Of course, there’s still a long way to go, but why not speculate?

Pitt, Marquette and Notre Dame have in my mind been the best three teams so far this season. Syracuse is slotted as the #3 seed, but a weak early schedule has helped them a lot. The middle part of the conference is a mess, and the one surprise for me so far is that St. John’s is falling off the pace. They’ve been so hit or miss this year and they’re really hard to figure.

What to look for in the next couple of weeks:

Syracuse will lose multiple games. They have Louisville, ND, DePaul and UConn in succession, and I expect them to drop out of the top 4.

Pitt will get back on track. This week they play Cincinnati and St. John’s, and then they’ll be in full control of the conference at 7-1.

In two weeks, Marquette will have separated themselves from the third place team, and it’ll be them and Pitt at the top. Their next four games are SHU, USF, Providence, Rutgers. I can’t see them losing more than one, if any of those games.

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