Big East March ‘26 Thread

[aceboon]

They had just announced on Friday that he would be returning

 

[aceboon]

It was previously reported that they were committed to the Crown tournament but they don't have enough available players.

 

[BFieldHusky]

They had just announced on Friday that he would be returning

Great guy, great coach. But it's time. Hopefully they can hire a quality candidate.

I feel better about DePaul moving forward with Holtman. I expect Xavier to be much better next year with Pitino in Year 2. Providence needs a really good hire, and I am hearing they have some money to spend. Marquette needs to hit the portal. Creighton is an interesting spot. Lot's of moving parts in the Big East...

 

[HooperScooper]

They had just announced on Friday that he would be returning

He's only 58. He'll be 59 this summer. Seems this is the easiest way for the split.

 

[FightOnCT]

Great guy, great coach. But it's time. Hopefully they can hire a quality candidate.

I feel better about DePaul moving forward with Holtman. I expect Xavier to be much better next year with Pitino in Year 2. Providence needs a really good hire, and I am hearing they have some money to spend. Marquette needs to hit the portal. Creighton is an interesting spot. Lot's of moving parts in the Big East...

I don’t think the Big East next year will be nearly as awful as this year, hopefully it’s as simple as some of these schools needing new life injected into them (coaching).

 

[RuffRuff]

I don’t think the Big East next year will be nearly as awful as this year, hopefully it’s as simple as some of these schools needing new life injected into them (coaching).

It's hard to be worse than this year, although I'm not fully sure how they'll get materially better as you need the players to do it. There isn't much coming in at the HS level, so it's going to be predicated by the portal.

 

[BFieldHusky]

It's hard to be worse than this year, although I'm not fully sure how they'll get materially better as you need the players to do it. There isn't much coming in at the HS level, so it's going to be predicated by the portal.

I expect Xavier to be much better, as the rumor is they are increasing their NIL. Plus Pitino has a full offseason. I want to believe Marquette will be better as they have some nice young pieces, and I think Shaka is going to hit the portal this year.

Villanova has a nice young core and just added a top 50 recruit. Surprised Ruff didn't bring that up. I expect UConn to be good, and St. John's will reload.

 

[superjohn]

It's hard to be worse than this year, although I'm not fully sure how they'll get materially better as you need the players to do it. There isn't much coming in at the HS level, so it's going to be predicated by the portal.

Because they have two brand new coaches at two of the best Big East schools (Nova and Xavier) who didn't have a chance to build their teams up yet.

You answered your own question, they'll get better by bringing in better players.