Interesting - J Palm's latest bracket (published at midnight last night - after the Hall's loss), still has the Hall in (i.e., 10 BE teams). They are one of the last four in - playing a 12 PIG game vs. Cal, for the right to play #5 FSU in the East region. I guess it's because the bubble is so weak this year.
So glad they didn't listen to JB and expand to 96.
Why would they have to worry about justifying it? They are not choosing the field. You're in or you're out. If you're out, tough. I think the last thing the BE is worried about now is 'justifying' how many teams they get in the tournament.big east is in too much of a down year for them to want to have to worry about having to justify 10. Maybe 9, tops.