I don’t think this is true at all. Depaul and St. John’s are the best they’ve been in years. Xavier is down quite a bit, but still a threat. Villanova has regrouped after losing all of the stars. Seton Hall, Butler, creighton, and Providence are always capable of winning on any given night. There is no bad team this year… No Penn State, Illinois, or Rutgers for comparison. The league is down a bit, due to attrition. However the reason the league doesn’t look impressive is there are no bottom feeders everyone is beating. So we should have four or five ranked teams next year as the teams gain maturity. Marquette is likely only losing Chartouny and Heldt. Illinois just beat Maryland on the road. Depaul beat Penn State at home by 2. Seton Hall beat Rutgers by 6 at home. So, if Penn State and Rutgers are bad(which I don't think they are great), where does that put Depaul and SH? I think you have to play well night in and night out in both conferences in order to win. I am not sure there are many gimmie wins.