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I love hearing that the Big East shouldn't have 11 teams, yet I've not heard a single person point out a resume from a non-Big East school that would necessitate only having, say, ten in the tournament. Just compare the 11 Big East resumes to the teams who didn't make the field.

I'm complaining about seeding because St. John's got absolutely hosed in both seeding and location. A., of the six seeds, they had the best profile and should have traveled the shortest distance. B., they were made to play against easily the top 11 seed in the entire bracket. I'd trade the place and team STJ had to play with any of the other six seeds 100 times out of 100.

And there are 11 Big East teams in the tournament, meaning conference foes shouldn't have to play each other before the round of 16. Only by intent was it set up that four Big East teams will eliminate each other before the second week of the tournament. If you think the selection committee didn't do that on purpose, then I don't know what to tell you.

So easy to say "the Big East is overrated" without even remotely substantiating the claim. Louisville lost yesterday because Morehead State systemically took out Louisville's two best players. St. John's mostly sucked, so no excuses there, but if that Morehead game was called fair, Morehead doesn't have a shot. A guy on Morehead literally bodyslammed Louisville's Siva, injuring him, and didn't get called. Awful officiating.