CBS Sports a fan of the BE

[GumbyDamnit!]

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/25354005/cbs-sports-2015-16-big-east-predictions-give-respect-to-elite-villanova

Slanted a bit towards Nova but I think a very positive piece about the conference on a whole. Enjoy.

[DudeAnon]

Actually, I find their coverage (this article aside) to be among the most pessimistic about the BE.

[Xudash]

It's CBS.

It's one of CBS's writers stating this: The Big East is still a major conference with major heft

That's all I need to read to like this article, though I enjoyed the rest of it anyway. We are moving forward in the right direction.

[marquette]

I enjoyed it. Thanks for posting.

[Jet915]

Norlander usually knows his stuff...

[ivet]

Doug Gottlieb is a douchebag! I know he didn't write this but he is part of that crew. Have you guys forgotten what he said about our conference last year?

[Jet915]

Yahoo's preview of the Big East:

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaab-the-dagger/five-minute-season-preview--the-big-east-191735989.html

[Edrick]

This solidifies my position of not understanding how Butler isn't preseason #1 in these projections. (Whether or not they are is unrelated, just it doesn't make much sense given all of these)

http://www.bigeastcoastbias.com/2015/10 ... -chrabascz

So, thus far they have two first team all-Big East players starting at shooting guard and small forward, have the #2 power forward, and a transferring McDonalds All-American point guard. It just doesn't follow.

I personally am picking them 2nd again but I honestly don't know how these list makers can.

[GumbyDamnit!]

This solidifies my position of not understanding how Butler isn't preseason #1 in these projections. (Whether or not they are is unrelated, just it doesn't make much sense given all of these)

http://www.bigeastcoastbias.com/2015/10 ... -chrabascz

So, thus far they have two first team all-Big East players starting at shooting guard and small forward, have the #2 power forward, and a transferring McDonalds All-American point guard. It just doesn't follow.

I personally am picking them 2nd again but I honestly don't know how these list makers can.

I think most people would rank Butler's roster as 3rd in the league in terms of top to bottom talent behind Nova and G'town. I think the biggest issue for Butler is depth. G'town can throw athletic forwards at you in droves and Nova has a Top 3 player in the league at each position--IMO--other than the 4 spot with Brunson, Arch, Hart and Ochefu. Though Rosie and Dunham are studs, not sure Butler has the same amount of horses. Though the "Butler Way" does account for something.

[Edrick]

I wasn't arguing either way. I was just saying that it doesn't make sense, if you are going by these things. They have the best 1-2-3 in the conference and when you add things like this with Chrabascz rated second and having one of the better 6th men in the league in Kelan Martin --- it just kind of starts adding up. Not to mention a guy like Jordan Gathers who'll be their 7th or 8th guy averaged over 8 at St Bonny.

Again, I personally am picking Nova first. I just doubt there is much difference between the two, if there is one.