
While it is nice to note that Syracuse is involved (currently a #7 ready to take on UAB at a moment's notice), you also have to take note of Lunardi's appreciation for the Big East Conference as a whole. Nine teams from the Big East currently fill his brackets. The next best conference, the ACC, has six. Among them...
Pittsburgh (#1, and the #1 seed overall)
UConn (#2)
Notre Dame (#2)
West Virginia (#4)
Louisville (#5)
Villanova (#5)
Syracuse (#7)
Marquette (#7)
Georgetown (#9)
We like the way you think, Joe. For once...