syracuse (12-0/5th ranked) begin's big east conference play tomorrow night at seton hall (9-2/unranked) ... the pirates took 6th ranked west virginia to overtime before losing 90-84 in saturday afternoon's big east opener ... if you believe the pundits & polls, the orange's toughest competitors for a big east championship will be wvu, #8 villanova, #10 uconn and #13 georgetown ... reality is, the big east will once again be the best in the country top to bottom ... and come march of 2010, the big east will send 7-8 teams to play "march madness"