mozilla wrote:
Nice breakdown. That info does help to see things more clearly. It also makes me wonder what the current lineup of the BE looks like in those regards. You feel like doing another one?

As per the request...
Current Big East members in men's basketball in the past 5 years...
Butler - Indianapolis, IN - Private, Nonsectarian - Horizon/A-10 (3 Conf Reg Season Champ, 2 Conf Tourney Champ, 4 NCAA Apps, 2 National Runner-up)
Creighton - Omaha, NE - Private, Catholic - Missouri Valley (2 Conf Reg Season Champ, 2 Conf Tourney Champ, 2 NCAA App)
DePaul - Chicago, IL - Private, Catholic - Big East (0 Conf Reg Season Champ, 0 Conf Tourney Champ, 0 NCAA App)
Georgetown - Washington, DC - Private, Catholic - Big East (1 Conf Reg Season Champ, 0 Conf Tourney Champ, 4 NCAA App)
Marquette - Milwaukee, WI - Private, Catholic - Big East (1 Conf Reg Season Champ, 0 Conf Tourney Champ, 5 NCAA Apps, 1 Elite 8, 2 Sweet 16 - the year they went to the Elite 8 is not included in the number of Sweet 16 appearances)
Providence - Providence, RI - Private, Catholic - Big East (0 Conf Reg Season Champ, 0 Conf Tourney Champ, 0 NCAA App)
St. John's - New York City, NY - Private, Catholic - Big East (0 Conf Reg Season Champ, 0 Conf Tourney Champ, 1 NCAA App)
Seton Hall - South Orange, NJ (NYC Metro) - Private, Catholic - Big East (0 Conf Reg Season Champ, 0 Conf Tourney Champ, 0 NCAA App)
Villanova - Villanova, PA (Philly Metro) - Private, Catholic - Big East (0 Conf Reg Season Champ, 0 Conf Tourney Champ, 4 NCAA Apps, 1 Final Four)
Xavier - Cincinnati, OH - Private, Catholic - A-10 (3 Conf Reg Season Champ, 0 Conf Tourney Champ, 4 NCAA Apps)
If I were to rank these programs according to these statistics...
Marquette
Butler
Xavier
Georgetown
Villanova
Creighton
St. John's
DePaul (three-way tie for last in stats, but Chicago trumps Providence and Seton Hall shares NYC with St. John's)
Providence (While Rhode Island is not very promising, Seton Hall shares NYC with St. John's)
Seton Hall
Honestly, without the former football-playing programs, the formerly-named Catholic-7 is not impressive (4 programs combine for 1 NCAA App in the last 5 years)
The 3 added programs to the Catholic-7 brought a ton to the Big East