The Big East has two, sure-fire NCAA teams in Villanova and Xavier. PC, and coach Ed Cooley, talking to his team during last Wednesday's game against the Musketeers, will prove in the next if it belongs in the Big Dance, too.
I’m a big conference guy when it comes to appreciating where the strength is in college basketball. Always have been, always will be.
While a segment of the college hoop fandom yearns for schools such as Monmouth and Arkansas at Little Rock and Valparaiso to find a way into the NCAA Tournament if they fail to win their conference’s automatic berth, I say too bad.
