The problem most Big East fans have with the ACC (and ESPN more recently) is that the ACC has raided one conference, the second time with the intent to regain basketball's top spot by killing the top basketball conference.

The New Big East grabbed one team from the MVC (Creighton), and technically two from the A-10, but Butler was only in the A-10 one year so they weren't really taking an established A-10 school. No significant damage done to any one conference.

The ACC, with the 15 members, will have 8 ACC members and 7 Big East members next year. Taking a team or two, ok. But taking 7 from one conference, with 4 in the past year or so, is a legit reason for ACC hatred. In that respect it is not really like what the New Big East did, or even what the Big 10 did when adding Nebraska, Rutgers and Maryland - all from difference conferences.