Pitarresi: Big East is a snake pit

Gee, for a while there I thought Georgetown was the best team in the Big East.

 

I guess I was wrong.

 

West Virginia made that so with its 75-58 victory over the Hoyas tonight, which only goes to prove that the league is one of the great snake pits of all time. The Mountaineers’ victory made something of a prophet of Syracuse University coach Jim Boeheim, who said a couple of weeks ago he thought they were playing better than anyone else. Not to disagree with a Hall of Fame coach, but Marquette and Louisville are undefeated and Connecticut and have one loss. SU is 5-2, and so is, believe it or not, Providence. WVU is 3-2, but a strong 3-2.

 

The Hoyas? They’re tough, they’re gritty, but they also are 3-3 in the league. And so is Notre Dame. Villanova is 2-3.

 

Louisville probably is the hottest team in the league, which is why we should fully expect the Cardinals to get blasted by the Orange Sunday.

 

Really, the Big East is extremely volatile – kind of like the stock market before it tanked – and anyone who thinks they can predict what will happen day to day simply is wrong. And that’s great.