Let's compare now:
Jay Wright - Nova, Chris Mullin - St John, ??? (in house hire) - Butler, Patrick Ewing - Georgetown, Dave Leitao - DePaul, Greg McDermott - Creighton, Steve Wojciechowski - Marquette, Kevin Willard - Seton Hall, Ed Cooley - Providence, Chris Mack - Xavier
Vs.
Kevin Ollie - UCONN, Gregg Marshall - Wichita State, Tim Jankovich - SMU, Mick Cronin - Cincinnati, Tubby Smith - Memphis, Johnny Dawkins - UCF, Kelvin Sampson - Houston, Frank Haith - Tulsa, Fran Dunphy - Temple, Brian Gregory - USF, Mike Dunleavy - Tulane, Jeff Lebo - ECU
I'd take that second group all day... and throw Lebo to the curb. Let Lebo and Leitao go off and play a game of badminton.
I suspect the bids are going to rise and the two conferences are going to be very comparable relatively soon. Wichita State was just what the West end needed to amp things up for the West wing. Still some kinks but we are gonna see some good basketball.