If you were perplexed by WVU’s ninth-place position in the Big East coaches’ polll, this will not only explain things, but completely baffle you.

The 16-team league has seven teams ranked in the USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 preseason coaches’ poll — slightly more than a quarter of the rankings.

“The Big East is by far the best conference in the country,” ESPN analyst Jay Bilas said. “You can say they’ll have 10 teams in position to make (NCAA) tournament. That’s a league where you can play very well and still lose.”

In case you were wondering, seven in the preseason top 25 is an all-conferences record — I’m not sure how that was left out of the story — and two better than the previous best. This is nuts. Huggins said he could see 10 or 11 teams in the NCAA Tournament and I’d have no reason to doubt him if not for my suspicion the selection committee will try to do everything in its power to prevent such a scenario.

Then again, it may have no choice.  

Look at the Top 25. The Big East has Nos. 2, 3, 6, 9 — absurd — 17, 18 and 25. Syracuse and WVU were in the thoughts of many and many think Providence (new coach), Cincinnati (great coach), Rutgers and Seton Hall could make a move this season. I’ve never seen or envisioned anything like this. Can this get here soon enough?