For the Big Ten and SEC to be having such a down year it seems odd to me that they wind up with just as many and more teams in the sweet 16 as does the Big East.....and would anybody like to place a bet right now that there are as many big 10 and SEC teams in the final four as there are Big East....I'm tired of the "experts" on TV building up the Big East every year only to find out the other conferences in the country are just as strong....not saying there is a superior conference this year just pointing out that it's not the big east...put some of the mediocre teams from the big east like notre dame and U of L in the pac 10, SEC, or Big 10 this year and they probably don't even make the tournament because of the lack of respect they recieved