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Message: [QUOTE="freescooter, post: 4881756, member: 1023"] I sort of agree with part of this. But the Big is just deeper, too, though. It is partly a function of having more teams. There are no outright awful teams. The NEWBIE has UConn and Marquette. Then a fairly big fall off. And the bottom of the league is simply dreadful. And we have to play 4 games against them. That’s basically like playing Mississippi Valley, Stonehill, UNH and Arkansas Pine Bluffs again. Look at it this way -20% of our conference budget is mid-major quality. There are a few Big 10 teams that aren’t that good. But none are as bad as Georgetown and DePaul. So when you do the geek thing, Purdue might come out a bit higher. Having said all that, there is a tendency to give Big 10 teams the benefit of the doubt in a way that doesn’t apply to other leagues. Purdue will likely benefit from that. [/QUOTE]