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Big East Basketball Power Rankings Week 16

By Andrew Porter

Welcome to penultimate edition of the 2010-2011 Big East Power Rankings. The rules are simple, we've invited the SB Nation (or friend of SB Nation) blog for each team to cast a vote. They rank the teams from one to 16 and then we bring you the results. Enjoy.

There are six Big East teams with seven-losses and that makes ranking everyone a bit difficult, to say the least. There is a general consensus on the top of the conference, with Pitt collecting every first place vote (again). Notre Dame, Louisville, St. John's and Syracuse follow them, generally in that order. There is consensus for the basement too. DePaul is the worst team and South Florida, Providence, Rutgers and Seton Hall are all marginally better than the team that came before them.

But wow is that middle a mess. Georgetown is undoubtedly hurt by the loss of Chris Wright. Marquette has a tough time winning games on the road, UConn is terribly inconsistent, no one can get a read on Cincinnati or West Virginia and Villanova has been playing some hilariously terrible basketball. Good luck sorting it all out.

Not much in the way of Homer of the Week candidates this week. I suspect that's because anyone who'd be tempted to overrate their team is already high enough that it becomes difficult and everyone else is too depressed to try. Still, Anonymous Eagle acted like a homer by proxy, voting St. John's No. 2. Hater of the Week goes to Casual Hoya, who dropped Syracuse to 7th. That's not too far off from the margin, but it's pretty clear, at least at this point, that Syracuse should be above the 7-loss fray in the middle of the conference. I doubt Casual Hoya will be upset for being tarred as a Syracuse-hater though.

1. Pittsburgh (11) (25-4, 13-3): 176 points  -- Last Week: 1

2. Notre Dame (23-5, 12-4): 160 points -- Last Week: 2   

3. Louisville (22-7, 11-5): 152 points -- Last Week: 5

4. St. John's (19-9, 11-5): 146 points -- Last Week: 6

5. Syracuse (24-6, 11-6): 134 points -- Last Week: 8 

6. Georgetown (21-8, 10-7): 115 points -- Last Week: 3

7. UConn (21-7, 9-7): 113 points -- Last Week: 7

8. Villanova (21-8, 9-7): 102 points -- Last Week: 4 

9.  Cincinnati (22-7, 9-7): 81 points -- Last Week: 10

10. West Virginia (18-10, 9-7): 80 points -- Last Week: 9

11. Marquette (18-11, 9-7): 76 points -- Last Week: 11  

12. Seton Hall (11-17, 5-11): 55 points -- Last Week: 12 

13. Rutgers (13-15, 4-12): 43 points -- Last Week: 13  

14. Providence (14-15, 3-13): 33 points -- Last Week: 14

15. South Florida (9-20, 3-13): 23 points -- Last Week: 15

16. DePaul (7-21, 1-15): 11 points -- Last Week: 16 

Past Rankings:1 | Week 3 | Week 5 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15

Individual ballots are after the jump.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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