That's true. I hate myself for flipping from Arizona to Wisconsin at the last minute, for no reason other than a gut feeling. BAD GUT. NAUGHTY.

It's not bad, just... blah. Like a lot of conferences this year, actually.

At least C-USA tried something new and went the "crash and burn" route beyond the top four teams.

What conferences are better than the Big 10? I want to hear some names. Some conferences have a good couple teams at the top like Duke or UNC or Texas.. but as a whole conference I don't think they're stronger than the Big 10.

The Hawkeyes failed under pressure like Skip's discount adult diaper.

Take solice Hawk fans, they showed the end of that game in Atlanta too. That 3 gave me a nice warm feeling all over.

:rockon:

The Big Ten must be the best conference with powerhouses like Indiana and Iowa.

If you look at it 'top to bottom' as you say, you could make the case that the bottom and middle of the conference is better than some others.

But as far as teams that will go deep in the tournament? I'm thinking one, maybe.

Well, that speeds up the McDermott derby, now with ISU needing a coach and Alford getting an early ticket to Indiana.

Ohio State, Illinois, and Michigan State are pretty good teams...

:LOL:

damnit i had them getting to the sweet 16 they are my first sweet 16 team to lose

Passable, I think, but there isn't a strong team that will do much in the tourney, IMO. I could be wrong. I see your point about the conference as a whole, but I don't think that Purdue being better than Baylor means a whole lot come tournament time to the teams that are still playing.

Yeah but I think it goes beyond that. After Texas and KU, the Big XII is just... eh. Oklahoma was your three seed and they looked real impressive yesterday.

Yeah, but the Big 10 doesn't seem too far ahead to me. They have more decent teams, but no really great team. In the Big 12, we have two pretty good teams, and nothing else.

I guess it depends on what you think a "better" conference is, conference RPI and number of teams in the tournament, or teams that are final four threats. I guess I would weight tournament potential & performance a lot more than the regular season.

I don't. A conference is a collection of teams. If Memphis wins the title, that doesn't mean the C-USA is the best conference in the country. That's an individual accomplishment.