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(11-15-2018 08:52 AM)BigDawg Wrote:  

(11-15-2018 08:22 AM)BcatMatt13 Wrote:  Big East off to a shaky start.

Providence lost to a down Wichita.
Xavier lost at home to Wisconsin.
Seton Hall got killed by Nebraska.
Villanova got killed by Michigan at home.
Ranked Marquette got blown out by Indiana.

Not bad losses by any stretch, but the lack of competitiveness could be a little telling.

Even if a down year, I will still have to argue with delusional XU fans that this version of the Big East isn't as good as when UC was still in the Big East. Seriously, I have a few XU buddies that argue this every year and there is no argument that can convince them otherwise. One even tries to argue that the new Big East is better than the original...LOL.

I have to imagine your friends aren't being genuine. Villanova is heads and shoulders the only nationally relevant program and they weren't even a top tier program in the old BE. If you look at the analytics I'd bet we would be the second best program I that conference over the last 5 years as far as average Kenpom, BPI, Sagarin. We never sniffed a regular season title in the old BE.

I actually think their model going forward is problematic. They've maintained their perception due to one program winning 2 titles in three years. They added programs due to recent runs of success that don't have sustained periods of relevance. What happens when Creighton and Butler aren't good and these Northeastern teams are traveling to the middle of nowhere to play Nebraska on a weeknight? If BE was a stock I'd sell like crazy, it's certainly at it's peak now.