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I don't know how you separate the Big East from the ACC in terms of which is better this year. I don't even know how you define "best." It's pretty arbitrary no matter how you slice it. Both have two teams in the RPI Top 5; both have three in the Top 10. The BE has seven in the RPI Top 25 and the ACC five, which OK, that's more, but then the Big East has more teams. The ACC has eight in the Top 51, but three of those are 47, 49 and 51 (see I was nice and said Top 51 instead of Top 50, and Top 50 is an arbitrary cutoff anyway). The Big East has nine in the Top 51, but one of those is 48th. The ACC has 11 of its 12 teams in the Top 100; the Big East 12 of its 16 teams. The Big East's worst team is DePaul, which is worse than the ACC's worst team, Georgia Tech.

The ACC has a better conference RPI, but the Big East has those four gawd-awful teams dragging its RPI down. The ACC's record over the Big East will be 10-6 by week's end, but if you take out the games involving St. John's, it's 6-6.

The Big East has eight teams that have both a Top 50 RPI and SOS; The ACC has six (but seven if you make it Top 51 and not Top 50).

There's nine ACC teams within shouting distance of the NCAA's; there's 11 Big East teams that still have a shot.

You could go on and on. It's completely subjective, and it remains that way even if, say, Louisville defeats Wake and UNC in the Final Four.

The bottom line is that there really needs to be a Big East-ACC challenge again like there was for a few years in the late 80s/early 90s.