If you're a basketball person, that's where you want to be. "I'm not saying it's better than anybody. All our decisions are made about basketball.
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New Big East leadership built a brand around Catholic school basketball, tradition and a Fox Sports TV deal. Football-playing members, meanwhile, went to the American Athletic Conference. Members added since 2013's freshening include Creighton and Xavier, as well as Butler, with a program with plenty of NCAA tournament success during the last decade. Originally formed in 1979, the Big East remains a relatively young conference. "The family-like environment, the history behind it. Big East Conference, American collegiate athletic association that consists of Butler, Creighton, Connecticut, DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, St. "Overall atmosphere and the situation," Selden said, drew him to Kansas. Kansas star Wayne Selden Jr., a Massachusetts native, called himself "a Big East guy growing up." He remembers five overtimes between UConn and Syracuse fondly, but despite heavy recruitment from East Coast schools, moved inland to play college ball.
"I think what this says, when you’re a basketball-centric league and that’s your pure focus on all levels, you can still compete.’’ Three years ago there were tombstones with the Big East names on them. "Even getting to the Elite Eight is very meaningful. Villanova has won all three regular-season league titles since the league's realignment but was eliminated in the Round of 32 in both 20.Ī Nova win on Saturday "would be very meaningful," Stu Jackson, the Big East's associate commissioner, told. The Wildcats feel as if they're playing for more than themselves, too. 1 overall tournament seed Kansas at 8:49 p.m. And if we can be a part of that, I'd be really proud to do that." So if we can do that for the league, I do think it would help our respect level. "We're going to go by our record and we're going to go by our accomplishments. "I think we're a new league," Wildcats coach Jay Wright said. What has the league done in March since then? Not a whole lot, but that could change Saturday when Villanova bids for the Big East's first Final Four berth since the Cardinals went three years ago. In response, the Big East retooled, aligning schools with two priorities – religion and basketball – in seemingly no particular order. Football reshaped the Big East Conference but did not get rid of it, even when the likes of Louisville left following a run to the 2013 national championship.
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