Well, I don't want to hijack this thread any longer, but feel the need to clarify. IMHO, and the opinion of many others, there are six major conferences. The Big East is slowly going down every year. Villanova with their championships really helps them recruit obviously, or the conf would be a solid 6 out of 6. As it stands, they are 5th. That's why I mean, by definition, Big East is a low-Major. I could say bottom major, but that sounds too negative. That's why I feel VA Tech is a better job than MU. It's not like the difference between Duke and UWM, but to me VA Tech is pretty clearly the better job. FWIW, describing conferences has bothered me for years because words mean things. Everyone refers to Horizon League as a mid-major, when it's not a major conference. If anything, it's a mid or low minor conference.