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Message: [QUOTE="Pudge, post: 2007358, member: 364"] Contrast ... We saw this repeatedly in the Big East in our 30 years. Teams threw out Capital investment and incrementally nudged to better HCs to compete. Since 2012: Memphis is better off with Tubby than Pastner Tulsa is doing well with Haith SMU was VASTLY improved getting Larry Brown in and now Jankovichis continuing that. UCF hiring Dawkins is proving a big upgrade. Houston is far better off with Kelvin Sampson. Mick Cronin and Fran Dunphy are both so both solid at their respective University. Mike Dunleavy? Modest. That leaves USF and ECU as flatlined or trending down. I think the AAC is markedly better than when UConn joined despite losing Louisville (and not discussing Rutgers). It's a competitive neighborhood. The Big East? I think it's surprising how good that league has gotten. MM is kinda a zero sum game: AAC going up means we take some from others; as with the BE. [/QUOTE]