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I checked the Big East Basketball Media Guide looking to see if anyone has ever run the table in the Big East, and who came the closest if no one did. This is a listing of all the teams that ever went through the Big East schedule with less than 4 losses. I have excluded the fi5rst year, in which a full schedule was not players: Syracuse, Georgetown and St. John’s all went 5-1 and Connecticut was 3-3. That’s just a start these days. Since the conference schedule is played almost exclusively in the new year, I’ll refer to the season only by the second year to save a little time and space: Villanova was 11-3 in the 1981-82 season. I’ll record that as: 1982 Villanova 11-3. The records do not include the BET- just the regular season schedule. I’ve listed the teams by (1) number of losses; (2) chronologically and then (3) alphabetically.
1987 Connecticut 17-1
1985 St. John’s 15-1
1994 Connecticut 16-2
1995 Connecticut 16-2
1999 Connecticut 16-2
2009 Louisville 16-2
1984 Georgetown 14-2
1985 Georgetown 14-2
1986 St. John’s 14-2
1986 Syracuse 14-2
2006 Connecticut 14-2
2006 Villanova 14-2
1998 Connecticut 15-3
1999 Miami 15-3
2008 Georgetown 15-3
2009 Connecticut 15-3
2009 Pittsburgh 15-3
2010 Syracuse 15-3
2011 Pittsburgh 15-3
1989 Georgetown 13-3
2000 Miami 13-3
2000 Syracuse 13-3
2001 Boston College 13-3
2002 Connecticut 13-3
2002 Pittsburgh 13-3
2003 Pittsburgh 13-3
2003 Syracuse 13-3
2004 Pittsburgh 13-3
2005 Connecticut 13-3
2005 Boston College 13-3
2007 Georgetown 13-3
1982 Villanova 11-3
Connecticut has done it 8 times, Georgetown 5 times, Syracuse 4 times, Miami, (I don’t remember them being that good), St. John‘s and Villanova have done it twice each and Boston College and Louisville once. I think we’ve got a good chance to move to 5 times this year and I’m not sure anybody else in the conference is good enough to do that. That’s very good but still not as good as the Huskies. Jim Calhoun’s worst teams tend to be worse than Jim Boeheim’s worst teams but his best teams are more consistent winners in the conference.
1987 Connecticut 17-1
1985 St. John’s 15-1
1994 Connecticut 16-2
1995 Connecticut 16-2
1999 Connecticut 16-2
2009 Louisville 16-2
1984 Georgetown 14-2
1985 Georgetown 14-2
1986 St. John’s 14-2
1986 Syracuse 14-2
2006 Connecticut 14-2
2006 Villanova 14-2
1998 Connecticut 15-3
1999 Miami 15-3
2008 Georgetown 15-3
2009 Connecticut 15-3
2009 Pittsburgh 15-3
2010 Syracuse 15-3
2011 Pittsburgh 15-3
1989 Georgetown 13-3
2000 Miami 13-3
2000 Syracuse 13-3
2001 Boston College 13-3
2002 Connecticut 13-3
2002 Pittsburgh 13-3
2003 Pittsburgh 13-3
2003 Syracuse 13-3
2004 Pittsburgh 13-3
2005 Connecticut 13-3
2005 Boston College 13-3
2007 Georgetown 13-3
1982 Villanova 11-3
Connecticut has done it 8 times, Georgetown 5 times, Syracuse 4 times, Miami, (I don’t remember them being that good), St. John‘s and Villanova have done it twice each and Boston College and Louisville once. I think we’ve got a good chance to move to 5 times this year and I’m not sure anybody else in the conference is good enough to do that. That’s very good but still not as good as the Huskies. Jim Calhoun’s worst teams tend to be worse than Jim Boeheim’s worst teams but his best teams are more consistent winners in the conference.
