@BigEastDaily: Forgrave: Big East might be deepest conference in nation | FOX Sports on MSN http://t.co/VDbURQd6Nz
Interesting particularly as Fox has TV rights, I took this with a grain of salt.
Big Ten is the deepest, but I think we could be second. Our league will only get better IMO over next few years as well.
"We" could be...We could also be the 5th or 6th deepest. Whereas the Big 10 and the ACC will NEVER be 5th or 6th even in bad year because they have so many programs (Mich St, Wisconsin, Ohio St, Duke UNC, Syracuse (soon to be Louisville) that you know will be Good/Great every year.
Syracuse is BETTER then any BE school including Nova. UNC and Duke are as good as Nova and in most years they are going to better if not MUCH better. And I have not even talked about Louisville.
Depth is relative to the number of teams as well though Fordham, as it relates to percentage of good teams compared to teams in the league. Not arguing that the ACC is better at the top, but after the first few, I think we have more good Big East teams.
P.S. as we speak undefeated Pitt lost to a Cincy team that was just blown out by Xavier,
Right. 2 years ago Xavier blew out Cincy as well, a CIncy team that went to the Sweet 16 and went 12-6 in the BEST conference in the country, the BE.
And they beat Pitt by a point after Pitt missed two FT's to go up 3 in an UGLY game. The X beat Y who then beat Z is the WORST argument known to man. It does not work. Do you really think Xavier goes to Pitt and would beat Pitt by 20?? Or even win the game???
And I'll say it again depth is nice, the A-10 has had depth, but you are defined by the 3-4-5 teams you can count on being really good. The BE is not even CLOSE to that level of the Big 10 or the ACC even in a down year for them. NOT EVEN CLOSE.