Quote Originally Posted by SM#24 View Post
I have to disagree with this. I think the intent on the C7 split was to get the Big East back to it's original intent; a conference with basketball as the anchor sport. I'm sure before they brought in X, Butler or Creighton, if Syracuse or Pitt had said "we want to stay, don't worry about football we'll figure it out," the C7 would have kept them. Same with UConn.
I find the concept of all-Catholic or all-private to be very overrated.
Agree. The All Catholic private school theme was a spin for marketing. No real legs to stand on. Not sure how good UConn will affect X but comfortably say X is still #2 behind Villanova in the BE.