ESPN: Big East is thriving... water is wet

[paulxu]

I think it's impossible to overstate the importance of Nova's National Championship for our conference.

Thanks Nova. (And I hope we get you both times we play this year. Or 3 times if it comes to that.)

[stever20]

I think it's impossible to overstate the importance of Nova's National Championship for our conference.

Thanks Nova. (And I hope we get you both times we play this year. Or 3 times if it comes to that.)

yeah that's something I said all along, the thing the conference needed was tourney performance. Because the tourney was/is the thing that has become by FAR the most important thing in college basketball. Regular season is great but the tourney is what you remember. And so much in the next year is formulated from that.

[Burrito]

Nice article about Seton Hall in the NY Post.

http://nypost.com/2016/11/23/how-seton- ... all-click/

[jfan]

Nice article about Seton Hall in the NY Post.

http://nypost.com/2016/11/23/how-seton- ... all-click/

Good article except where they call the SEC a "powerhouse conference." Not in BB. I always thought SH was underrated going into the season. They were returning 4 solid starters. If they do well this weekend, they should be rated!!

[BEX]

What I explain to them when it comes up, is that how much the 3 new teams have added to the league with a great brand of B-ball and crazed fans that make road games so difficult to win. With the additions of the 3 teams and the loss of teams like RU that could care less about BB, the BE has the potential to as good or better than the original BE ever was!

Couldn't have said it better. The BE has allowed these new teams to 'kill it' on the recruiting trail and attract high quality transfers that want to be a part of it all.

[DeePhence]

Don't you get the sense that our coaches all kind of "get it" as well. Like they enjoy being the coaches at schools where basketball is the big sport, and they aren't trying to parlay a good season or two to a BCS school?

Sure, I guess that if T Boone Pickens or Phil Knight threw millions at a Chris Holtman or a Fred Willard, they might be tempted, and sure if KU or Duke rang up Jay Wright he'd listen, but other than that, these guys seem committed.

McDermott looks to be at Creighton until he retires, Mullin is a New Yawker at his alma matter, Ed Cooley grew up trying to sneak into the Dunk to watch PC games, and I think Jay Wright can't be missing too much in his life right now. The ice may be getting thin under JT3, but from his p.o.v. where would he go if he voluntarily looked to leave the program his father built (and after the last few seasons who would take him now?)

But I think most of these guys realize they are part of something special, and thanks to Fox, they are making good livings and all of them seem to have pretty good respect for each other. There isn't one coach I can't stand, unlike the old Big East, where I really didn't care for quite a few of them.

(PC Fan. Long time lurker, first time poster.)

[billyjack]

Don't you get the sense that our coaches all kind of "get it" as well. Like they enjoy being the coaches at schools where basketball is the big sport, and they aren't trying to parlay a good season or two to a BCS school?

Sure, I guess that if T Boone Pickens or Phil Knight threw millions at a Chris Holtman or a Fred Willard, they might be tempted, and sure if KU or Duke rang up Jay Wright he'd listen, but other than that, these guys seem committed.

McDermott looks to be at Creighton until he retires, Mullin is a New Yawker at his alma matter, Ed Cooley grew up trying to sneak into the Dunk to watch PC games, and I think Jay Wright can't be missing too much in his life right now. The ice may be getting thin under JT3, but from his p.o.v. where would he go if he voluntarily looked to leave the program his father built (and after the last few seasons who would take him now?)

But I think most of these guys realize they are part of something special, and thanks to Fox, they are making good livings and all of them seem to have pretty good respect for each other. There isn't one coach I can't stand, unlike the old Big East, where I really didn't care for quite a few of them.

(PC Fan. Long time lurker, first time poster.)

Great to see you here DeePhence!
Big fan of Fred Willard... he and Martin Mull (RISD alum) were great in "Fernwood Tonight"...!

Go Friars!

[gtmoBlue]

So the opinion is, with Butler winning and SH beating Stanford on Sunday...The BE will have 5 ranked teams come Monday? That would be Fantastic. The conference would be positioned correctly for the start of the league season. Go Butler - Go Seton Hall... and Go Providence-Kick some UVA butt.

[stever20]

So the opinion is, with Butler winning and SH beating Stanford on Sunday...The BE will have 5 ranked teams come Monday? That would be Fantastic. The conference would be positioned correctly for the start of the league season. Go Butler - Go Seton Hall... and Go Providence-Kick some UVA butt.

SH won't be ranked even if they beat Stanford. They weren't that close last week and didn't get the win over Florida.

[milksteak]

Not anticipating a ranking for SHU on Monday.