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What conference is the best college basketball divison this season these two are fighting like it is a heavyweight battle!!!!
Usually this discussion wouldn’t occur because of how dominant the Big East conference is during the basketball season. This season turned out to be a different story the Big Ten has made a statement with the exciting basketball games it has had this season. The heart, sweat, and work they put in each and every week shows when they go into big games and are able to pull the victory out or lose a heartbreaker that they know they can take the good things they did out of that particular game. The Big Ten has some good teams that if they played the top notch teams in the Big East they can give a game for the ages. The top teams in the Big Ten Conference are Indiana who is the number one team in the country, followed by Michigan State, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio State these teams define the words of what a team is supposed to be. The players each team has is a true captain in Indiana they have Victor Oladipo, Michigan State has Adriean Payne, Michigan has Trey Burke, Wisconsin has Jared Berggren. Ohio State has two players Aaron Craft, and Deshaun Thomas. These are considered the best players in the country. When these teams are in a grind it out type of game these players I have mentioned always seem to come up big, and produce the points the teams need. They also express their voice in making themselves heard and has the other teammates gain confidence and start playing better to help produce.
The teams have had memorable games this year for example Indiana versus Michigan State where it went took till the last minute and a half to find out the winner. Also When Indiana defeated Michigan in a battle of top 3 teams went at it and Indiana made a statement and exposed the Wolverines. One game that was a heart attack was when Michigan State defeated Wisconsin by only two points which is hard for any team to win in Wisconsin. The players that I have mentioned stepped up big for their teams which lead them to victory. It’s hard to find any negative things about this conference because this is what people pay to see and not any blowout games. I hope the Big Ten Tournament is as exciting as the regular season games are because then they are making a push to be the best conference in the league.
Now to one of the best conferences in the league in my opinion but it’s only one person view on things. Many people think they are one of the top conferences but many think they are the best. The top teams in the Big East Conference are Marquette, Georgetown, Syracuse, Louisville, and Notre Dame. These teams have something that the big ten doesn’t which is a deep history in rivalries that are coming to an end. This weekend the end of a great rivalry came to an end this weekend between Georgetown and Syracuse with the end result being Georgetown winning by 11 on Syracuse’s home court which is very hard to do. The top player for Georgetown Otto Porter Jr. who is the captain of the team and leading scorer along with being a leading candidate for player of the year for the Big East conference. On the other hand Syracuse didn’t have the luck like Georgetown did with C.J. Fair Was held in check along with Brandon Triche. You have to give the Hoyas credit for playing tight defense. The reason for the end of the rivalry is because next year Syracuse will be moving to the Atlantic Coast Conference to join the powerhouse teams of North Carolina, and Duke.
They always seem to have incredible games that also come down to the wire just like how the Big Ten games are ending up. There was one matchup tonight when Marquette came from behind to defeat the Orangemen who have lost 2 straight after tonight’s game by the final score of 74-71. Junior Cadougan had a huge game with recording twelve points he had a good game he recently has been struggling and it seemed he found his range. When he started to score his team started to play harder and contributed as well. C.J. Fair also struggled again which was unheard of because he usually knows how to bounce back. They need to figure things out because they got two big games coming up against Georgetown and Louisville. Louisville on the other hand is looking like the team they did in the beginning of the year. After losing a heartbreaker against Notre Dame in five overtimes they seemed like they took that game and it motivated them to begin playing better basketball. Peyton Silva has picked up the load and took the team on his back in making sure they get back to their winning ways.
The one negative I have against the Big Ten are those mediocre teams don’t really seem try to compete against those teams I have mentioned before. They aren’t really giving those teams a problem in causing mayhem in the big teams trying to win the division outright. But when you look at the mediocre teams in the Big East they always give problems which make it harder to win that division title during the regular season. We can debate about it all we want we just have to wait and see what happens with the NCAA tournament that is right around the corner. I will be back Wednesday night after the Knicks vs. Warriors game to talk about the Knicks and see if they play a good game for once.
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