The Big East should give serious consideration to letting DePaul go. They bring nothing to the table for this league, and it looks like they are going to finish last for years to come. Almost like Temple football.
OK, they bring the Chicago market, but how much is that really worth? If anything, being in a big city has been a detriment in this league, with the exception of Nova while Jay Wright was still around. The other three Big City teams have all been bottom feeders.
Marquette and Providence are in lesser cities (Milwaukee is not Chicago, Providence is not Boston), and you can make the same case for Seton Hall (NJ being just outside NY, not in it). Those schools have at least had some success.