A slate of interesting Big East games today will start to give some shape to the uber-competitive conference race.
The first pits Louisville at Villanova. An interesting matchup between the great guard play of the the slightly undersized Wildcats versus the long athletic wings and post players of Louisville. Size matters. (insert your joke here). Louisville captures a much-needed road win to build off the Kentucky win momentum.
West Virginia also visits Marquette in an interesting matchup of the Big East's other two undersized giants. Big men rule the league; Pitt, UConn, Notre Dame, Louisville, Georgetown all feature first round draft picks in the paint. Marquette's three best players are under 6'4''. But Dominic James and Jerel McNeal are the best backcourt in the country. It will be enough to hold off a scrappy West Virginia club at home.
Providence is off to a surprising 3-0 start in conference. They travel to Georgetown who opened league play with a Greg Monroe-dominated road win at UConn. They then lost (badly) at Pitt and again at Notre Dame. Providence's wins are over Cincinnati, DePaul and St. John's. Today the records begin trending back towards where they belong as the Hoyas roll over the Friars.
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