Is Big East the King of Basketball? From ESPN.com today

[geps]

"Is the Big East the pound-for-pound king of college basketball?

Right now, yes. The conference might earn the crown that the Big Ten and Big 12 have traded in recent years. It's a true gauntlet right now in the Big East. Saturday proved as much.

Xavier stayed perfect with a 24-point victory over Auburn. Butler scored 74 points against a Purdue team that's ranked first in KenPom.com's defensive efficiency ratings. Seton Hall defeated a Wichita State squad that was coming off a 17-point victory over Utah. Villanova lost to Virginia but never quit on the road against a national championship contender. Georgetown lost to UNC-Asheville on Saturday, and Incarnate Word defeated St. John's on Friday, so it's not all wonderful in the Big East. But with Marquette rising, Providence evolving into a more dangerous unit every week and the rest of conference prospering, this is clearly one of the strongest leagues in America."

4 top 15 teams back to the old days.

[source?]

Source?

[kryza]

Source?

http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/109807/chaotic-saturday-offers-march-madness-preview

[rocky_warrior]

Perhaps, but after a rough BE weekend, we're 5th per KenPom

1   Big 12 Conference   .8286   
2   Atlantic Coast Conference   .8209   
3   Big Ten Conference   .7757   
4   Pac 12 Conference   .7678
5   Big East Conference   .7669

And I don't doubt for a second that now ESPN will start calling the BE overrated.

[ChicosBailBonds]

Now we love Myron?

[Herman Cain]

Perhaps, but after a rough BE weekend, we're 5th per KenPom

1   Big 12 Conference   .8286   
2   Atlantic Coast Conference   .8209   
3   Big Ten Conference   .7757   
4   Pac 12 Conference   .7678
5   Big East Conference   .7669

And I don't doubt for a second that now ESPN will start calling the BE overrated.

Second in Real time RPI
http://realtimerpi.com/ncaab/conf_Men.html

St. Johns and Georgetown which get a lot of attention in media of course didn't help our cause. The Butler win was huge though and Seton hall a very nice win over Wichita State.

[ChicosBailBonds]

Perhaps, but after a rough BE weekend, we're 5th per KenPom

1   Big 12 Conference   .8286   
2   Atlantic Coast Conference   .8209   
3   Big Ten Conference   .7757   
4   Pac 12 Conference   .7678
5   Big East Conference   .7669

And I don't doubt for a second that now ESPN will start calling the BE overrated.

#3 in the RPI.  Big Ten #7

In Sagarin, #5

[Benny B]

Now we love Myron?

Well... you can love him, but he's still a cut-rate journalist at best.   Case in point:

Perhaps the best Ryan remembrance came from reigning Wooden Award winner, NBA rookie, and above-average writer Frank Kaminsky, who reflected on his experience with the coach who changed his life:

(Emphasis mine)

[MuMark]

3 Big East teams in the AP top 10

http://collegebasketball.ap.org/poll

[Dawson Rental]

Just another bit of evidence that Anonymous Eagle's thread about ESPN's bias against The Big East has ESPN in full damage control mode to avoid antitrust issues. 


(teal? maybe)  Myron would be the perfect reporter to give the assignment to.  He'd be clueless that he was being used by the legal department to provide a smokescreen.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

3 Big East teams in the AP top 10

http://collegebasketball.ap.org/poll

Pretty dang good. Of course if you stretch it to 11 then the big 12 has three including #2 and #3. I think big 12 is still King but we are lurking.