How can you look at Syracuse--I don't care how much young talent the bring in--and think they won't fall off. Johnny Flynn was one of the best players they've ever had. He ran that team. Devendorf was incredible for them. Harris played huge minutes. It's like none of the other players even had to think with the great guards they had. Of course, they'll be talented, but in college basketball an experienced junior destroys a 99% of freshman.
Pitt loses Sam Young, Levance Fields, Biggs, and Blair. No matter how much talent they bring in or have returning, they can never look like the same team. All four of those guys were physical beasts.
Marquette loses three NBA caliber guards and had a crappy frontcourt (their starting PF is a 6'6 SF that is DJ Kennedy in a year).
Uconn's whole identity will be changed. Thabeet challenged everything. Anytime anyone got beat he was there. Now, they'll have to rely heavily on Stanley Robinson? Good luck with that. Kemba should be incredible, but no Price, Thabeet, and Adrien? Throw the scores from last year out the window.
Providence -Lost everyone
Louisville - loses their best defensive player, McGee, and two long, freak athletes that real defined their play the last few years and made them very difficult to match up with.
Will any of these teams be a walkover win? Other than Providence, probably not, but you have to give the advantage to juniors and a fifth year senior that have started every game since they've been in school over soph's that at the bench and freshman that haven't played Big East ball.