Wow, if there were any questions in the BCS-era about a basketball-only conference being able to stay at Power-level, here is the breakdown.
Big East 2-0 vs. American Athletic
Xavier hosted Cincinnati W 65-55
Butler at Cincinnati W 78-76
Big East 4-1 vs. Pac-12
Villanova Semi-hosted Stanford W 59-45
Providence vs. Arizona W 69-65
Marquette vs. Arizona St. W 78-73
Xavier vs. USC W 87-77
Creighton hosted Arizona St. L 77-79
Remaining December game: DePaul 7-pt underdog at Stanford
Big East 6-2 vs. SEC
Xavier vs. Alabama W 64-45
Seton Hall hosted Georgia W 69-62
Seton Hall vs. Mississippi W 75-63
Xavier hosted Missouri W 78-66
Marquette vs. LSU W 81-80
Butler hosted Tennessee W 94-86
St. John's vs. Vanderbilt L 55-92
DePaul vs. South Carolina L 61-76
Remaining December games: Xavier 20-pt favorite hosting Auburn; St. John's 9-pt underdog vs. South Carolina
Big East 9-6 vs. Big Ten
Marquette at Wisconsin W 57-55
Providence hosted Illinois W 60-59
St. John's hosted Rutgers W 61-59
Georgetown vs. Wisconsin W 71-61
Creighton hosted Nebraska W 83-67
Seton Hall at Rutgers W 84-55
Creighton vs. Rutgers W 85-75
Xavier at Michigan W 86-70
Villanova hosted Nebraska W 87-63
Marquette hosted Iowa L 61-89
DePaul at Penn St. L 62-68
Providence vs. Michigan St. L 64-77
Creighton at Indiana L 65-86
Georgetown at Maryland L 71-75
St. John's vs. Indiana L 73-83
Remaining December games: DePaul 2-pt underdog hosting Northwestern; Butler 7-pt underdog vs. Purdue
Big East 4-3 vs. ACC
Providence hosted Boston College W 66-51
Villanova vs. Georgia Tech W 69-52
Georgetown hosted Syracuse W 79-72
St. John's hosted Syracuse W 84-72
DePaul vs. Florida St. L 67-83
Butler vs. Miami FL L 75-85
Georgetown vs. Duke L 84-86
Remaining December games: Xavier 7-pt favorite at Wake Forest; Villanova 4-pt underdog at Virginia
Big East 0-1 vs. Big 12
Villanova vs. Oklahoma L 55-78
Remaining December games: Creighton 16-pt underdog at Oklahoma
Thanks for this. Great breakdown.
So 25-10 if we remove DePaul's losses.
FTR - I'm not in favor of bashing DePaul to leave the BE, I'm in favor of bashing DePaul for the sake of bashing DePaul. Their 4 losses come from BCS conferences (6-2 FSU, 8-0 SC, and 7-3 PSU [though against crap]) and to the 8-0 Arkansas LR.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2015/12/14/st-johns-upset-syracuse-gives-fs1-conference-another-upset-espn-conference/
Yes, boy love the inroads to the Chicago market via DePaul as well as MU alums, but just can't figure out why they can't get it together.
I did do a whole piece that ran at Breitbart today and included that list at the bottom.
I would hope that Marquette (and other Big East bretheren) would be in favor of not scheduling any AAC teams regularly, unless it's Xavier/Cincinnati, Georgetown/UConn, Providence/UConn, etc. Aside from the fact that any loss would hurt perception of the league, I wouldn't want anything to do with some of those schools that tried to come into the Big East, believe they were entitled to the name/league fees and MSG, and then tried to de-value the C7 before the reformation of the conference in 2013. That, and I wouldn't want to play any road game where the attendance is below 1,500 (insert DePaul joke here).
The Gavitt Games are awesome, and I hope we can do some type of scheduling agreement with the PAC-12 too (Fox connection).
It's really sad to see Cincy losing.
Though I hate that program, Huggy Bear was a damn good coach and Cronin had his successes sustaining UC's strong program.
Hated the players, respected the history.