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Message: [QUOTE="Dooley, post: 3054146, member: 2920"] 99% was probably a bit of an exaggeration. To be honest, I didn't break out my computer algorithm to come up with an exact formula. :) My point was the top of the AAC can play with the majority of the P5. The P5s behemoths - Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State, maybe a handful of others - are on their own plane. The P5 can't compete against those giants. The real separation starts at around the 4-6th teams in the AAC and the mid/lower half of P5 conferences. We haven't looked like we belonged anywhere near the same field with a pair of geographic ACC rivals BC and Cuse in the past 2 years. We'll likely get crushed by Indiana/Illinois in the coming years too. Occasionally, a lower AAC team can put up a fight against the P5 (ex - Tulsa hung with Texas) but not usually. With a new deal that brings more money and improved exposure, the bottom portion of the AAC should elevate to a far more even level. Hoops is already improving. The AAC desperately needs a team to make a deep run in March. We seem to have a knack of presenting our best paper tigers to the field come tourney time and they get the ol' bounce very early on. Of course, it would help if we could actually carry a little bit of weight in our own conference but that's not reality at the moment. We'll get there and when we do, so will the AAC. [/QUOTE]