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Message: [QUOTE="ucbart, post: 3353465, member: 1511"] It's hardly better than the American at the top-DePaul is a *slightly* better program than USF, but it's ever so slight. I think they get more respect on a National level because they play a prettier brand of basketball. However, I think the middle/bottom of the Big East is way better than the American. I think I read somewhere that if you took UCONN's RPI last year and added it to the Big East, the Big East would've been the 4th rated RPI conference......and a spot ahead of the Big 12. In addition, I think having UCONN move back to the BEast will help teams recruiting more than having UCONN in the AAC did for their women's programs. This is a basketball first conference, which is a MAJOR player in men's CBB. Having UCONN and being at basketball rich schools already, will help. The AAC was built for football, as we know, and basketball was a waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay distant second. With this being said, I think UCONN will be very much UCONN again and I don't think our SOS or RPI will be hurt by less OOC games because we could just be moving into near dominance again. [/QUOTE]