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:

1. Syracuse (9) 119
2. Connecticut (2) 106
3. Pittsburgh (1) 100
4. Notre Dame 88
5. Boston College 78
6. Providence 69
7. Villanova 59
8. Seton Hall 56
9. West Virginia 43
10. Rutgers 42
11. Georgetown 21
12. 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:

1. UConn
2. Syracuse
3. Pitt
4. BC
5. ND
6. Villanova
7. Providence
8. WVU
9. Seton Hall
10. Rutgers
11. St. John’s
12. Georgetown

This was the actual finish

1. BC
2. UConn (actually tied for 1st)
3. Syracuse
4. Villanova
5. Pitt
6. ND
7. Georgetown
8. WVU
9. Providence
10. Seton Hall
11. St. John’s
12. 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.