BIG EAST TWITTERATI POLL - WEEK 4 RESULTS
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We got some very interesting results to breakdown this week. This was the first week I threw it out on the main timeline, and I would say it is the most successful to date. No shenanigans, and an excellent sample size and fan base breakdown. For the foreseeable future, we’ll continue to keep the poll open to the public. I trust no one will spam it or engage in other forms of shenanigans.
As noted elsewhere around these parts, this is the start of a big week for the Big East, with 11 HUGE Big12 Battle games on tap, as well as some other action around the league. The Big East had 20 opportunities left to make an impact in out-of-conference play. These votes came in on Monday, but since then the league has scored two HUGE victories in the opening two games of the Big12 Big East Battle, as ‘nova defeated Cincinnati—the latter now on Fraud Watch—68-60, a score that feels closer than the game ever was, and Providence, bolstered by 16/5/4 from Bryce Hopkins, who went 3-6 from the field and 10-12 at the line, and Jabri Abdur-Rahim—averaging just 6.5 points off the bench prior to last night—posted a season high of 21, adding 5 boards off the bench.
Clearly these results are not factored in, but felt it was worth mentioning given the lag and results between voting and this publication. Without further ado, here’s this week’s Big East Twitterati Power Poll:
Marquette (32) - 348
Butler - 292
UConn (1) - 288
Creighton (1) - 275
St. John’s (5) - 260
Xavier - 258
DePaul (1) - 252
Georgetown (3) - 153
Providence - 123
Villanova - 121
Seton Hall - 50
Marquette maintains its grasp on first place, getting 13/18 last week, getting 32/36 possible (44 responses minus 8 Marquette voters) this week. No surprises there.
The BIG surprise of the week is the Butler Bulldogs, bouncing up to No. 2 all the way from 8th on the backs of an Arizona Tip-Off championship that saw them beat Northwestern by 2, and dominate a quality Mississippi State team 87-77. Voters did not really reward the Bulldogs last week for their win over SMU, but have rewarded them this week. The upset lose to Austin Peay now a distant memory, the Bulldogs once again in position to make a charge for an NCAAT berth.
Beyond that, the voters STILL believe in UConn and Creighton, as they each got 1 first place vote (from a Marquette fan who couldn’t vote his own team), and enough points to land 4th and 5th respectively, narrowly edging out St. John’s despite the Johnnies receiving the 2nd most 1st place votes. In fact, the Johnnies were the biggest drop of the week, falling 2 spots from 3rd to 5th.
The other interesting note, we’re starting to see some striation occurring based on the points. Clear tiers have emerged:
Tier 1 - Marquette
Tier 2 - Butler, UConn, Creighton, St. John’s, Xavier and DePaul
Tier 3 - Georgetown, Providence and Villanova
Tier 4 - Seton Hall
Will be interesting to see how this shakes out next week with Providence and Villanova already garnering big wins this week.
Player of the Week
This week’s winner, going back-to-back in our Player of the Week voting:
Kameron Jones (12/45 votes)
Kameron Jones just continues to produce, it’s that simple. Sure Stonehill and Western Carolina aren’t exactly a murder’s row scheduling-wise, but Kam showed out nonetheless posting 17 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists per game. He shot 50% from deep, 80% from 2, for a 78.6% eFG.
Others receiving Votes: Jahmyl Telfort (11), RJ Luis (8), Conor Enright (2), Micah Peavy (2), Ryan Mela (2), Bryce Hopkins (1 - amazing, he hadn’t even played yet), I dunno man (1), Jacob Meyer (1), Jerome Hunter (1), None, everyone sucked (1), Thomas Sorber (1)
Fan Pulse
Let’s check-in with the fan bases and see how they feel about their respective teams:
Marquette - 9.3
Georgetown - 7.5
DePaul - 7.3
Seton Hall - 7.3
Butler - 7.0
St. John’s - 5.8
Xavier - 5.2
UConn - 5.0
Creighton - 4.0
Providence - 3.3
Villanova - 3.0
I guess Hall fans don’t want me to see them be realistic about their team, with 2 fans stating their “fan pulse” as a 10/10, and the only smart Hall fan a more realistic 2/10. Georgetown fans have always been irrationally confident in this era in the nation’s capital, even if it comes off as mildly delusional. DePaul and Marquette fans also in the top-3, both rightfully enjoying their teams’ performances to date.
That’s all for this week. Keeping the poll public for the time being, so keep on eye out for the next poll form on Sunday or Monday!