What's ahead for the Big East?

Pretty fair asessment.
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To a point, yes. Nothing said there is untrue.

However, they did not mention Seton Hall's recruiting class at all. Or the fact that Roosevelt Jones will be back for Butler, so they will be improved (I think he would have been their best player this past year, had he stayed healthy). They mentioned only that Providence lost Cotton, not the fact that they have studs coming in. For all of our faults, we return our entire backcourt from a 20-win team last year, so that can only be good.

There's another side to this story that is not portrayed here.
 
Pretty fair asessment.
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To a point, yes. Nothing said there is untrue.

However, they did not mention Seton Hall's recruiting class at all. Or the fact that Roosevelt Jones will be back for Butler, so they will be improved (I think he would have been their best player this past year, had he stayed healthy). They mentioned only that Providence lost Cotton, not the fact that they have studs coming in. For all of our faults, we return our entire backcourt from a 20-win team last year, so that can only be good.

There's another side to this story that is not portrayed here.
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And that's to be expected. ESPN will continue to paint their propaganda picture, and the only way to make them bad is to have multiple teams make runs in the tournament. We failed this year miserably tournament wise, and winning games in the tournament is the ultimate way to stop ESPN from portraying the big east as dead. Georgetown, SJU, Providence, and seton hall all have to step it up.
 
It may read as objective to you and others, but there is clear conflict of interest with any opinion pieces they publish that include the Big East. They lose integrity in that they don't face up to it. At least Newsday reminds readers that they own the Knicks and the Rangers with every hockey and NBA article.

ESPN owns the ACC in the form of a huge financial stake in it's success.

The lawsuit with Maryland hopefully will reveal ESPN's attempts to destroy the BE.
 
I see your point but do not feel this reporter was influenced by anything other then his view of the facts
 
I see your point but do not feel this reporter was influenced by anything other then his view of the facts
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dont be naive
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I think the "ESPN is throwing dirt on the Big East" case has been dramatically overstated by many.

No doubt ESPN has an interest in its programming and also an interest in downplaying the programming of its competitors. But to think that interest infects every single piece that comes from ESPN is someplace between conspiracy theory and paranoia. Neither ESPN nor any other media outlet (with the exception of FOX news) is going to put out pieces that destroy its credibility.

You may disagree that the Big East is a fraction of what it was. I'm not sure how losing Syracuse, UConn, Louisville, Cincy and Notre Dame makes you a better league, but if that's your opinion you're entitled to it.

But there is a far more obvious explanation for ESPN downgrading the current Big East than the conspiracy theory. Some people just don't like that explanation, is all.
 
Looks like ESPN isn't afraid to state the obvious when it comes to the ACC being a major let down this past year.

 
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