DePaul is embarrassing in the Big East

Creighton assuredly is not embarrassing itself in the Big East. I think the academics standard is very high there (I'm biased, like you), and their sports teams and facilities are quite good.

I attended the Big East basketball tourney in NYC at Madison Square Garden in 2017...Creighton traveled quite well, some 3k fans were there, represented itself with class...and the team made the finals. Last year, they tied for 1st in the Big East, would have made the tourney with a low #2 or high #3 seed, and were in the top 10 at the end of the season. This year, made the finals of the Big East tourney, made the sweet 16 and unfortunately ran into a buzz saw in Gonzaga (who didn't?)

Creighton was better last year than this year, imo.