Big East Catholic Seven secede

[hhctony]

Kind of old news, but this changes the hoops landscape a bit and the Presidents just made it official.

[HuskerFever]

Whoa. Thanks for the heads up, Tony.

"It was first reported on Thursday that the "Catholic 7" -- DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, St. John's, Seton Hall and Villanova -- were leaning toward separating from the football-playing members."

http://www.cbssports...n-from-big-east

"It has been reported...will look at Creighton, Xavier, Dayton, Saint Louis and Butler to join... They are expected to have an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament."

[Huskerpapa]

_{Sounds like Creighton would be a pretty good match}