# College Basketball 2009 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 20, 2009, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-basketball-2009/518256 "2009-11-20T03:48:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-basketball-2009/518256/141 "2010-03-16T23:36:15Z")
> [@CircleofWillis](#): > > The Big East is the BEAST. The mid tier teams in the Big East would challenge for titles in virtually every other conference. The weaker teams would prolly be mid tier in most others. Even Rutgers and DePaul are able to give any of the big boys a run for their money on a given night. Rutgers beat G’Town and DePaul lost to SU in a really close game. UConn went 5-11 in Big East play then went out and got beat by 20 in the first round of the BE tourney to St. John’s, but schooled Texas when they were number 1. Georgetown was an 8 seed in the BE tourney but beat SU and absolutely took Duke behind the woodshed in the regular season. Agreed. Which is why Louisville knocks off Duke in the 2nd round. You heard it here first! ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-basketball-2009/518256/142 "2010-03-16T23:59:42Z")
> [@jtgain](#): > > Agreed. Which is why Louisville knocks off Duke in the 2nd round. You heard it here first! I highly doubt that. Louisville is an underachieving team this year. Still, being pretty familiar with Pitino as a UK fan, he is a great tournament coach so obviously its possible. I wouldn’t pick them for that upset though. Shit, they have to win their first game first! ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2010, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-basketball-2009/518256/143 "2010-03-18T00:21:42Z")
> [@jtgain](#): > > Agreed. Which is why Louisville knocks off Duke in the 2nd round. You heard it here first! I thought I would point out that one of the doormats of the ACC (NC State) beat a 9-9 team from the Big East (@ South Florida) in the NIT tournament ---
**Author:** ![Carmady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@Carmady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carmady)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2010, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-basketball-2009/518256/144 "2010-03-18T01:15:50Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > I thought I would point out that one of the doormats of the ACC (NC State) beat a 9-9 team from the Big East (@ South Florida) in the NIT tournament And one of the doormats of the Big 12 (Texas Tech) beat the other 9-9 team from the Big East (Seton Hall). Not surprising, actually, considering how poorly the Big East performed out of conference all year. What were they… the 4th best conference head to head? But first place in their own minds, which is what matters. Just about a quarter of all NCAA basketball teams are in the Big East, so they should and do have some good teams at the top, but overall their self opinion is bizarrely overinflated. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2010, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-basketball-2009/518256/145 "2010-03-18T03:51:21Z")
> [@Carmady](#): > > And one of the doormats of the Big 12 (Texas Tech) beat the other 9-9 team from the Big East (Seton Hall). > > Not surprising, actually, considering how poorly the Big East performed out of conference all year. What were they… the 4th best conference head to head? But first place in their own minds, which is what matters. And Seton Hall also played at home I am half-expecting the fans of the **Big East Big F** _ing Deal_\* Conference to come in and say that Seton Hall and South Florida were “Let down” because they didn’t get tickets to the big dance. As if Seton Hall and South Florida have been fixtures in the NCAA tournament lately. and incidentally, St John’s lost to Memphis tonight. And FWIW, Cincy beat Weber St and UConn beat Northeastern in the NIT. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2010, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-basketball-2009/518256/146 "2010-03-20T20:11:57Z")
> [@jtgain](#): > > Agreed. Which is why Louisville knocks off Duke in the 2nd round. You heard it here first! LMAO, first Louisville has got to get to 2nd round. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-basketball-2009/518256.md?page=7)