Dan Hurley on how many Big East teams should make NCAA Tournament

Dan Hurley believes six Large East groups ought to have their title known as Sunday evening.

If not, the Connecticut coach thinks it will be an affront to the league.

“If we don’t get six groups, that’s extremely disrespectful as a result of there’s a number of fact to what a few of these conferences did relative to manipulating the NET,” Hurley stated, referring to the key metric the choice committee depends on. “You have a look at some résumés of a few of these applications which can be in these leagues which can be thought-about the perfect. They’ve actually overwhelmed no person within the non-conference.”

It is vitally unsure what number of groups the convention will get, as a consequence of a number of large stealers.

With projected at-large groups Florida Atlantic and Dayton bowing out of their respective convention tournaments early, and bid-stealers within the ACC (N.C. State) and Pac-12 (Oregon), there are 4 fewer at-large spots obtainable.

That’s believed to influence Large East bubble groups St. John’s, Seton Corridor and Windfall. Some bracketologists have instructed the league might solely get three groups, in Connecticut, Marquette and Creighton.

“If Seton Corridor’s not in, that’s embarrassing. There’s a big downside relative to the respect the Large East will get,” Hurley stated after the Huskies gained the Large East Event, beating Marquette, 73-57, on the Backyard. “Windfall beat Wisconsin, who beat Purdue at present, and is enjoying for the Large Ten championship tomorrow. It has different actually, actually good wins. Like beating Marquette with [Tyler] Kolek earlier within the 12 months.

“Clearly, St. John’s, we’ve performed them and we’ve performed another groups within the non-conference which can be going to make it that St. John’s is simply pretty much as good as. We needs to be a six-bid league this 12 months.”