BIG EAST SIGNING DAY ONE-LINERS

[Editor’s note: When I volunteered on Tuesday night to help John Taylor and Keith Arnold with the signing-day details by monitoring the moves of the Big East, I didn’t appreciate the magnitude of the assignment. And while I was able to post a few items about WVU and Rutgers and, you know, WVU, I largely ignored the rest of the conference. Below, I attempt to make amends. In five minutes or less.]The incoming class at Louisville is ranked sixth in the conference, and coach Steve Kragthorpe calls it “underrated.” (That’s possibly code for “the class really sucks and I know it sucks but I can’t say it sucks because I’m the head coach.”)South Florida has added 27 players . . . but only one of the top 150 players as ranked by ESPN.It’s 21 for Connecticut, and none from ESPN’s top 150.Nearly half of Pitt’s incoming class hails from Pennsylvania.The Cincinnati Bearcats parlayed their Orange Bowl appearance into 27 new players, with 17 coming from within a 100-mile radius of the school.The first Syracuse class for coach Doug Marrone could still include David Oku; he has narrowed his choices down to Syracuse, Auburn, and Tennessee.