H/T to the reader who I can't remember, but he/she had a great idea to take a look the change in recruiting success for all those involved in the Big East's conference realignment - those that stuck around, those that joined, and those that left.
The popular narrative was that the Big East has been struggling - in reality the only thing struggling has been the TV ratings. The conference has had plenty of on-court success and seems to be recruiting at a high level. I decided to take a deeper dive and look at the average team ranking (per 247's Composite, an aggregation of the leading recruiting services) in the four years prior to re-alignment and the four years following it.