Mmm, I don't know about. Let's do a back of the envelop review:
Up to 2012, Pat had 8 titles, Geno had 7 titles. Geno won the FIBA Worlds in 2010, Olympic Gold in 2012. Geno had been to 5 straight Final Fours at this point. Pat, in 2012, had missed the Final Four for 4 straight years. Pat's teams were still SEC dominant but the SEC was not as good at the Big East. To wit:
From 2008-2012 (Pat's last NC title until she retired:
SEC had 30 teams qualify in 5 NCAA's and 2 teams made the Final Four, both in 2008 (Tenn/LSU)
BigEast had 39 teams qualify with 8 teams making the Final Four. UConn won 2 of the 5 times.
Not so clear...