I’m sitting here with a 10″ snowfall taking place and wondering if I can make the drive to Philly from Connecticut for the Nova-UConn game at noon tomorrow. New England winters really, really, really suck! Oh, well, I’ll give it a try at 5 am in the morning.

But…… I see things starting to shake out in the Big East….finally! Georgetown, Louisville and UConn seem set for three of the four byes in NYC in a few weeks. Notre Dame really moved in that direction with a great comeback win over Pitt last night. So only Marquette has  a real good chance to bump ND and move into a bye spot. If ND beats SU on Sunday, it looks like a done deal for the Irish. USF, St. John’s, and Rutgers look like they will watch the tourney from their living rooms. Providence and Villanova will challenge Seton Hall for the final spot out of the BET. All the rest are in the process of positioning themselves for seeding spots.

I don’t think there’s another league in the US that can have this much uncertainty with only a few weeks left in the season. As far as the NCAA dance is concerned, Louisville (still my pick to win the BET), GTown, UConn, ND, Marquette, Pitt are in. WVU and SU are hoping a couple big wins or a run in New York will open the 7th and 8th spots. Cincinnati seems doomed by early season losses. Nova is an NIT team along with the Bearcats and possibly Syracuse. I see us getting 7 and hopefully 8.

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