Big East's Performance Is Upsetting, But It's No Failure

During the regular season, its 16 teams (counting also-rans like DePaul and Rutgers) went 34-19 against N.C.A.A. tournament entrants from outside the conference. This compares favorably, for instance, to the Atlantic Coast Conference, whose teams went 19-29 against tournament competition.

I agree completely with Nate Silver. Questioning the Big East like a lot of College Basketball fans and pundits seem to be doing is ridiculous.