(03-11-2018 10:13 AM)GoldenWarrior11 Wrote:  In the 5 first years of the reorganized Big East, total viewing of the conference on FOX/FS1 has more than doubled to this year's 3+ billion minutes of viewing. Total viewing has grown in each of the last five years. The tournament viewing has doubled while the rest of CBB is down -16% across all networks. The conference has more exposure on national broadcast networks - 19 - than any other conference. That figure has also grown in every season of the conference.

Regardless of these figures, the most important aspect of the Big East is the fact the league carries a national champion (Villanova), 90% of the league has gone to the tournament in that time frame, the league averages half of its conference into the NCAA Tournament on a yearly basis, and the league has the potential to have two number one seeds later today.