2025-26 Big East Thread

[Uncle Rico]

I know this was reported before, but it looks official now.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7205002/2026/04/17/pope-notre-dame-villanova-basketball-vatican/

Hoops with the Pope: Villanova, Notre Dame to open season in Rome, visit Vatican

By then, we should have an antipope

[PJDunn]

We definitely have an anti-pope. Speaking of DC, is Georgetown in full meltdown mode? The Providence fans must be over the moon with the absolute Cooley collapse.

[1990Warrior]

Big East basketball transfer portal news: Which players are in, on move

It would be nice to have some interpretation of all of this movement - at least if the result is better/worse roster.

[K1 Lover]

It would be nice to have some interpretation of all of this movement - at least if the result is better/worse roster.

The Big East is going to be much, much better next year. While UConn and St. John's continue to look strong, Marquette, Providence, Xavier, Creighton, and even DePaul have each been making significant roster upgrades through the portal and should be far more competitive than they were this season.

I haven't caught up with how Villanova or Butler are doing so someone else can answer that, but if I had to guess, I'd give Nova the benefit of the doubt and fade Butler.

As for SH and Georgetown, I've heard more bad than good with the portal. Hopefully that turns around.