Completely meaningless, but let’s see how I did versus the Coaches in predicting the Big East this year.
This was what the coaches predicted the order of the BE to be this year:
- Syracuse (9) 119
- Connecticut (2) 106
- Pittsburgh (1) 100
- Notre Dame 88
- Boston College 78
- Providence 69
- Villanova 59
- Seton Hall 56
- West Virginia 43
- Rutgers 42
- Georgetown 21
- St. John’s 11
The number in parenthesis are first place votes and the other numbers were the number of votes they got.
This was my predicted order for the Big East:
- UConn
- Syracuse
- Pitt
- BC
- ND
- Villanova
- Providence
- WVU
- Seton Hall
- Rutgers
- St. John’s
- Georgetown
This was the actual finish
- BC
- UConn (actually tied for 1st)
- Syracuse
- Villanova
- Pitt
- ND
- Georgetown
- WVU
- Providence
- Seton Hall
- St. John’s
- Rutgers
I actually put 3 teams in the right spot (UConn, WVU and St. John’s). The pre-season coaches had 0. I was off by one spot on 3 teams (Syracuse, ND and Seton Hall). The coaches had 3 there (UConn, WVU and St. John’s). For being 2 spots off, I had 4 teams (Pitt, ‘Nova, Providence and Rutgers). The coaches had 5 (Syracuse, Pitt, ND, Seton Hall and Rutgers). I had 1 team 3 places off (BC, but I did say they were my “dark horse” pick to win the BE). The coaches had 2 (Providence and ‘Nova). My big whopper was picking Georgetown for last in the BE, for 5 places off their finish. The Coaches had no 5 spot gaffes, but 2 teams where they were off by 4 (BC and Georgetown.
That adds up to 19 spots missed for me and 25 for the coaches.
Advantage — Me.