Casual Hoya · Nov 29, 2016
Does the BIG EAST need Georgetown to be good?
We’re just a few weeks into Year 4 of the reconfigured BIG EAST and it’s never felt so new. Well, at least at the top. Yes, longtime member Villanova continues to carry the flag as the defending National Champ but after that the faces are all fresh.
For the first time since the Catholic Seven decided to go their own way rather than stick around in some sort of Frankenstein type league designed to preserve mediocre football, the three newest schools – Butler, Creighton, and Xavier – are all ranked in the same AP Top 25 poll this week. That’s quite the achievement and even more impressive when you factor in that two of those schools – Xavier and Creighton – join Villanova in the Top 10.