Compared to the ACC,SEC,Big 10&12,those conferences have power house teams that continually play tough schedules. The teams are better and the competition is better. Who has W.V. and Louisville played that is legitimate contenders. Don't say Miami either they are a joke this year. If W.V. or Louisville played teams like Michigan,Ohio State,LSU,Auburn,Texas,Florida,Clemson,GT,Oklahoma or other top teams and beat them. Then you could consider them powerhouses or could respect that conference. The Big East goofed about 10 or more years ago when they could of had teams like Penn State,Florida State and Notre Dame join that conference. Then you still would of had Miami,VT,and BC in that league. If those teams joined and the others stayed,it would have been one of the toughest conferences in the country. But that is in the past. Now the Big East has to deal with it, being considered a soft conference.