The main focus of the national media concerning the Big East these days is the league's eventual dismantling. When they do get around to actual basketball coverage, the focus is sharply on the merits of Syracuse and Louisville. The other programs? Well I bet most of America would be surprised that today's updating of the bracket by Lunardi has eight Big East teams going to the dance. Some very good BE teams are being somewhat ignored, including squads like Pitt that are usually given too much coverage, and I find it quite strange.
What does this mean for fantasy? Well, two things. One that the Big East could find itself screwed, once again, come time for seeding. The other important factor is that many of these teams will be overlooked, of all things, come draft time and produce bargains for the careful fantasy player. League co-leader Marquette has a great tradition of producing undervalued fantasy players and they should again is they remain under the radar. Leading scorer Vander Blue has been hot in conference play and would be a steal if he drops. Pittsburgh is not sexy as they are back to winning on D and do not have a big-time scorer. But swingman Lamar Patterson has been hot of late and he will be sitting there for you in the mid to late rounds. Georgetown is an interesting case as they pulled out of a mini funk once forward Greg Whittington, the team's second leading scorer at 12.1 per, got suspended. Leading scorer Otto Porter has taken it upon himself to carry the Hoyas and in the five games Whittington has missed he has scored 19-20-21-19-17 to raise his average to 14.7. He too should fall further than necessary.
So continue to scout the Big East and, depending on seeding, be prepared to mine the talent come March.
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