How is it a fading conference?
Using this article from 2010 as a reference...
https://www.forbes.com/sites/sports...-big-east-schools-in-mens-basketball-revenue/
The conference lost: Louisville, Syracuse, Pittsburgh, Notre Dame, West Virginia, Cincinnati, Rutgers, and South Florida
They gained: Creighton, Xavier, and Butler
That’s a lot of revenue teams they lost.
I think the conference was further weakened by realignment, especially when Xavier and Butler have served as feeder programs for promoting coaches to higher conferences. Creighton as well if you include Dana Altman going to Oregon.
In the meantime you have the traditional teams:
UConn - one tourney win since their 2014 national championship
Marquette - last tourney win was 2013
St Johns - last tourney win was 2015 and only won 2 in last 20 years
Providence - has 1 tourney win since 1997 which was in 2016
Georgetown - last tourney win was 2015
Seton Hall - has 1 tourney win since 2004 which was in 2018
DePaul - last tourney win was 2004, which is the only one since 1989
Villanova - has won a lot obviously
It just seems like some of those names still carry some weight in familiarity, but the luster is gone. They only had 4 teams in the tourney this year; two lost, and a 3rd was a missed layup away from losing (Creighton).
Do you have a different vibe? It’s just temporary? To me it just seems like the BigEast era is over, and fading.