Big East/Big Ten Press Conference Monday

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Why is the AAC even mentioned in this thread? These posts illustrate why so many left the other board for here. Too mnay thread aboutt he BE being hijacked by AAC fans or defenders.

I agree the BE hsa some work to do but its hardly as dire as some would like to believe.
Villanova lost to the eventual champion and the PC/UNC game could have easily gone the other way. Had these 2 won would thay have changed the perception of the BE? i doubt it. All the haters would say something like "Providence got lucky" and "big deal Nova beat a lower seed like UConn"

we should focus on the fact that the BE and B1G have a good thing planned. That should have no bearing on how successful the AAC will or will not be

I know all I said on here was that the Big East has to actually perform on the court- something the AAC and even the A10 has done. To have both of the perceived rivals get teams into the elite 8 while none of the Big East teams did- just not good.

I do disagree with you on if PC and Nova had won. For one- Nova would have gotten then Iowa St(or PC) with a great shot to get into the elite 8. At that point- things are a LOT different. Not saying they'd have beaten Michigan State- but it would have been really good. I think also part of Nova's problem is that they had lost as well to Seton Hall the previous week. That combined effect was just not good. I think if Nova had beaten UConn and gotten to the sweet 16- that changes a lot of the equation. I think if nothing else, we wouldn't have heard the constant refrain of UConn reclaiming MSG.