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Message: [QUOTE="UcMiami, post: 2062826, member: 199"] I don't think the OOC is the only determining factor. Geno loved the old big east because it not only gave a full slate of IC quality opponents, but they all played significantly different games WV was hard nose defense, Rutgers was trapping, Villanova was passing you to death, ND was quality offense and straight up defense, DePaul was small fast and three point shooting, etc. so by the end of conference play you were well versed in dealing with all kinds of offense and defense. (I think it has always been a downside with the SEC that they all grew in the shadow of TN and mostly adopted the same kind of play.) For the teams listed as NC winners - ND came out of the BE, Baylor and T A&M from a strong B12 (it is weaker now) that also had a wide range of playing styles, and the second Baylor NC was a year that Kim had upgrade the OOC, Maryland was really challenged by both Duke and UNC in the ACC. So without checking the OOC for each year, the IC was solid for all those teams. And TAMU won over the #1 team in the country that year - Baylor in their conference. ND beat the #1 UConn in their conference, Maryland beat #1 Duke from their conference, Baylor 1 was a bit of a surprise, Baylor 2 was wire to wire best team (undefeated.) So except for the Baylor NCs there is a little pattern there. [/QUOTE]