As posted by Big East Coast Bias on Twitter, the preseason rankings by Ken Pomeroy, one of the luminaries in advanced metrics for college basketball are out. At first glance, one sees the Johnnies’ position (8th), which seems out of line with a number of the preseason polls...
But on second glance, this is in line with preseason belief - that eight of the ten Big East teams are actually quite good, and ALSO: not much separates the teams in the league.
Even from DePaul.
For comparison: last year the Seton Hall Pirates ended the year ranked #51, and Providence ended ranked #60.