CHN: Rise and Fall Conferences

Pretty neat concept for an article checking out which conferences are getting better, worse, or staying the same.

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/rise-amp-fall-bcs-conference-review-63769


BIG EAST - STATUS QUO
The Beast is hard to judge because league membership has changed a lot since taking on the CUSA expats in 2005. Its also the largest league in the country with 16 teams. Its conceivable that 9 teams make the Dance in 2009, but its also conceivable that bottom-feeders like DePaul, USF, and St. John's finish with sub-200 RPIs. Though this should be the Big East's best season (perhaps finishing 1st in RPI for the first time since the 90's?), it merely makes up for the past two sub-par seasons.

Pretty neat concept for an article checking out which conferences are getting better, worse, or staying the same.

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/rise-amp-fall-bcs-conference-review-63769


BIG EAST - STATUS QUO
The Beast is hard to judge because league membership has changed a lot since taking on the CUSA expats in 2005. Its also the largest league in the country with 16 teams. Its conceivable that 9 teams make the Dance in 2009, but its also conceivable that bottom-feeders like DePaul, USF, and St. John's finish with sub-200 RPIs. Though this should be the Big East's best season (perhaps finishing 1st in RPI for the first time since the 90's?), it merely makes up for the past two sub-par seasons.

Would really like to see the team approach 500 play this season overall. 13 wins would just be a disaster IMHO. Must have a minimum of 15 wins this season.
We must do well in our out of conference games as the conference will be brutal. 

Well I think we need to do better out of conference play and maybe we can squeeze another win or 2 than we had last year in the Big East. If we do that we're not looking half bad we'd actually be looking pretty good.

A-10 has to be one of the best up and coming conferences in America....

A-10 has to be one of the best up and coming conferences in America....

I wouldnt be suprised if they booted Fordham out of conference