Time to make fun of a sportswriter/media-hack pooh-poohing the number of possible teams from the Big East to make the NCAA. Well, not so much making fun of him for complaining about the possibility since I don’t see more than 8 by the time things shake out, but who he blames for the talk:

First, the Big East conundrum: As you are undoubtedly aware (if you’re still
with us) no league has ever had more than seven teams invited to “The Big
Dance.” But now that the Big East has 47 members (well, it seems that way) there’s plenty of speculation out in the “blogosphere” that it could
land eight, nine or even 10 bids. If you look at the league from
top to bottom, the number of its teams in the top 25 etc., eight seems pretty
much a lock at this point, nine is certainly possible and even 10 isn’t out of
the question.

[Emphasis added.]

Yes, like noted members of the blogosphere like the Hartford Courant today. Or perhaps he means that long-time blogger Dick Weiss from the NY Daily News? How about Seth Davis at Sports Illustrated almost 3 weeks ago? You get the idea.

The buzz is out there period. The legitimacy is debatable, but that is the point at the end of January and people are still in wild speculation mode. That speculation is everywhere — including the mainstream media. Well, apparently not at the New Britain Herald, but he can have that little sliver.