If Louisville and UConn stay in the league I think the Big East will be one of the top 5 conferences, some years maybe the best. That might not happen with ESPN throwing money at other conferences at the expense of the BE.
In recent history the Big East and the Big12 have been the best with a sizable step down to the two-school leagues: ACC (Duke and NC), Big10 (Michigan State and Ohio State), and the SEC (Kentucky and Florida) with the Pac10/12 trailing badly.
It looks like St John's will be better this year, hopefully it's a sign of things to come.
GOSU
Well said. Agree with the league breakdown. Seems SEC is recruiting better, but IMO Big 10 is dropping a tad overall.