Big East says it's still best hoops league

Well, of course newly hired Big East commissioner Mike Aresco is going to say that. It's practically in his contract to do so. What is he supposed to say? "Actually, no, you guys are right -- the Big East used to be the best hoops conference in the country, hands down, but this latest bout with conference realignment has really left us bloodied. But that new-look ACC sure is strong!" That is not the quote you're going to get from Aresco. Instead, what you get is what Aresco told the Associated Press before Saturday's Louisville-North Carolina football game: "Is the Big East dead?

Source: http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/64089/big-east-says-its-still-best-hoops-league

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