Big East Basketball: UConn & Marquette Lead the Odds

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00:00John, as we talk about the Big East, we'll show those conference championship odds as well.

00:04Big Nights in the Big East. A lot of Big East action fully underway this week. Yukon and Marquette

00:12will make their Big East debuts tomorrow. And those are still the two top teams in terms of

00:18the conference odds. Plus 175 for the Huskies, plus 195 for the Golden Eagles. Do those two clubs,

00:25John, still remain the clear favorites to win a Big East regular season title?

00:29Yeah, I think so. I do think that St. John's is being a bit undervalued nationally,

00:34considering what the Red Storm have had happen to them in the non-conference portion of the

00:39schedule. Ben, you remember the game against Baylor and Bahamar as well as I do. If St.

00:44John's were to close that out, if St. John's were to make free throws or Jeremy Roach misses that

00:48shot, St. John's is the top 15 team now in college basketball. But that didn't happen.

00:53St. John's, I think, a little bit undervalued going into Big East play starting tonight against

00:58Purdue, excuse me, against DePaul at Karnosak Arena. Marquette's been obviously outstanding

01:04under Shaka Smart. Cam Jones is the National Player of the Year candidate. And Yukon has

01:08regained its mojo, has regained its form during this four-game winning streak since the Huskies

01:13came back from Maui. Long before Dan Hurley was a two-time national champion, he thrived in the

01:20role of challenger. The Maui Invitational this year brought Dan Hurley back to his roots. You

01:25know, it wouldn't shock me if at the end of this week we're again looking at Yukon as a runaway

01:30train. And the question, Ben, is will anybody be able to catch him? But you know as well as I do,

01:35this is only December.