BEAST currently has 5 of the top 25 2014 recruiting classes

[TheHall]

How in the world did you take anything negative from what I said? To answer your questions . . .

1. The Big East fan bases should be ecstatic.
2. No one that anyone else signs will diminish the successes that have already been accomplished by Vig east schools
3. The responses to Big East recruiting should be complimentary. I certainly didn't think I was saying anything uncomplimentary and have no idea why you're taking it that way.
4. Who's trying to find a down side to Big East recruiting? Certainly not me.

I made 2 points:

1. First is a cautionary note that any rankings at this point are preliminary. Personally I don't like recruiting rankings at any point because the success of recruiting is not meaningful unless it's matched up against the needs of the program. But if anyone insists on doing rankings, it doesn't make much sense to do so until all of the results are in.

2. In response to Nathan's comment about the remaining top recruits, I simply pointed out that it's still possible that they could go somewhere other than the blue bloods, based on who they still have on their lists. DePaul, for example, is still in the running for 2 top kids. While it's likely most will go to the blue bloods, I'm still holding out hope that the talent will be more evenly distributed.

I'm really just doing analysis here because that's what I enjoy. You seem to be reading a rooting interest into everything I post as though I'm advocating for something. I'm not.

Fair enough...but I wasn't advocating for anything other than saying who doesn't know that the bluebloods almost always have great recruiting seasons, but this has been a helluva recruiting year for the BE when no one saw it coming.

[TheHall]

I think it's huge as well that not only does the Big East have 5, but between MWC and A10 they have 3. That means 1/3 of the top 25 classes and 8/20 of the top 20 are from the non P5 schools. At least for this year, the big football schools aren't dominating.

Exactly. What's also good news is I believe the BE is only going to get stronger going forward. Even though I expect a very good season for the BE, this season should be the low point for the league for a few years given the exposure, recruiting, & $$.