Big East's 18 Teams Beating Each Senseless

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Does anybody else think that this 18 team Big East is a disaster for the teams involved? Yes they may still get 9 teams into the NCAA tourney, but their overall seeding is going to suck.

By having 9 very good teams in a conference, they are beating each other into oblivion. Georgetown, Notre Dame and Syracuse are great examples. Going into conference play, they all looked like 3-5 seeds for the tourney. However, now it is very likely that Syracuse will have 8-9 losses (5 to date) and GTown and ND will each have at least 10-11 losses (8 each to date).

At best one of those teams might end up with a 6 seed, but likely all three will be in the 7-9 range. Ouch. It is very tough to make a deep tourney run with a 7-9 seed.

Most other conferences have 5-7 tourney caliber teams. You hope to win at home and maybe steal a game on the road against those opponents. For the second tier tourney teams in a conference, that schedule leaves you with a manageable record (maybe 6-8 losses) and the chance to get a 4-6 seed in the tourney.

Given the current system, I think the Big East will continue to under-perform, as a conference, in the postseason because of their seeding problems. The top 1-2 teams will still get top level seeds but everyone else will end up under-seeded making their tourney road much more difficult.