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Big East March ‘26 Thread

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

 
aceboon said:
They had just announced on Friday that he would be returning

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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...
 
BFieldHusky said:
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...
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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).
 
FightOnCT said:
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).
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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.
 
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RuffRuff said:
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.
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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.
 
RuffRuff said:
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.
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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.
 
Pitino brought up a great point with Rothstein, I think yesterday. The Big East needs to mandate a minimum that you will spend in NIL. He threw out 9 million. Not sure if its realistic with teams like Butler and Seton Hall. I know Xavier is going to commit more next year.
 
BFieldHusky said:
Pitino brought up a great point with Rothstein, I think yesterday. The Big East needs to mandate a minimum that you will spend in NIL. He threw out 9 million. Not sure if its realistic with teams like Butler and Seton Hall. I know Xavier is going to commit more next year.
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Not sure that is even possible, since no school can spend NIL directly. I understand his point of building an NIL infrastructure and collectives, but it's not the schools themselves making payments. Solo making a national commercial is a pretty big example, UConn didn't do that. So there's no way to mandate this.

The limiting factor for some of these schools is whether their brand, and local reputation is sufficient that local companies and advertisers would see value in paying the kids for marketing work. Seton Hall? Ehh...not much really. PC should be decent, they are very popular in RI. Marquette is popular in Milwaukee. Xavier isn't all that high on the radar in Cinci, nor Butler in Indiana. Creighton should do well enough in Omaha, but it's a small school. I'd ask @superjohn whether DePaul athletes would be well enough known in Chicago. Once upon a time they were.
But most private colleges are at a huge disadvantage to any large public school in overall visibility.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Not sure that is even possible, since no school can spend NIL directly. I understand his point of building an NIL infrastructure and collectives, but it's not the schools themselves making payments. Solo making a national commercial is a pretty big example, UConn didn't do that. So there's no way to mandate this.

The limiting factor for some of these schools is whether their brand, and local reputation is sufficient that local companies and advertisers would see value in paying the kids for marketing work. Seton Hall? Ehh...not much really. PC should be decent, they are very popular in RI. Marquette is popular in Milwaukee. Xavier isn't all that high on the radar in Cinci, nor Butler in Indiana. Creighton should do well enough in Omaha, but it's a small school. I'd ask @superjohn whether DePaul athletes would be well enough known in Chicago. Once upon a time they were.
But most private colleges are at a huge disadvantage to any large public school in overall visibility.
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You can revenue share directly, and Big East schools can spend up to 20 mil.
 
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BFieldHusky said:
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.
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You’re surprised?? If it doesn’t fit his narrative you don’t hear about it.
 
auror said:
You can revenue share directly, and Big East schools can spend up to 20 mil.
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Yes, but that isn't NIL. It's a different thing. UConn is disadvantaged there, as we have football to fund, and even Women's hoop, hockey and baseball theoretically.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Yes, but that isn't NIL. It's a different thing. UConn is disadvantaged there, as we have football to fund, and even Women's hoop, hockey and baseball theoretically.
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When Rick Pitino is talking about how much NIL the school is going to pay, he's talking about revenue sharing in a colloquial way.
 
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The Big East should be better next year. 5 teams should be safe assumptions to be good

UConn - continue the wagon

St John’s - bring in the next group of mercenaries who will be garbage OOC but then destroy the BE

Creighton - assuming McDermott won’t want to retire on this sour note. Run it back with a new group?

Marquette - a good foundation with some young solid players. Shaka is a good coach. If he embraces the portal, Marquette should be good. If not, then they won’t. TBD

Villanova - overperformed this year, but should continue to improve. Tournament in year 1 is great. Next step is to consistently win against good teams

Xavier - not sure. Need another year to sense how I feel about Pitino

Georgetown - in theory they should be good, but they have underperformed since Cooley got there. Won’t bank on them

Seton Hall - also not sure. How much will they spend? And will Shaheen ever come around to coaching offense?

Providence - clearly willing to spend. A good coach could make some noise with an expensive roster. We’ll see how this plays out

DePaul - should be better but wouldn’t rely on them to be that good

Butler - no clue
 
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He already mentioned that he chose PC because it was an implicitly weaker school he could get playing time on. I’m sure the coaching situation is a factor, but he likely wasn’t staying there for long anyways.
 
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