Ranking Time

Look we know everyone is entitled to an opinion, it just doesn't mean they can all be right. So if we happen to disagree with 72 college basketball writers or 31 coaches, it's because they had it coming. On those terms, we present the first weekly Big Beast Poll. The first will be the Big East teams ranked in order of how we view them. The second is a national top 24. Why 24? That's the first six seeds in each regional and where the likely national champion will come out of.
(If you want the "real" rankings, go here)

BIG EAST

1. Connecticut
   
2. Marquette
3. Pittsburgh
4. Louisville
5. Villanova
6. Syracuse
7. West Virginia
   
8. Providence
9. Georgetown
10. Notre Dame
    
11. Cincinnati
    
12. Seton Hall
    
13. St. John's
    
14. South Florida
    
15. Rutgers
16. DePaul

TOP 24 NATIONALLY

1. Connecticut
   
2. North Carolina
   
3. Oklahoma
4. Duke
5. Wake Forest
   
6. Marquette
7. Pittsburgh
8. Louisville
9. Clemson
10. Xavier
11. Purdue
12. UCLA
    
13. Texas
14. Butler
15. Memphis
16. Villanova
17. Gonzaga
    
18. Syracuse
19. Washington
20. Minnesota
21. Kansas
22. Illinois
23. Arizona State
    
24. Utah State