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Message: [QUOTE="Ricker, post: 3871325, member: 1245"] [USER=1329]@auror[/USER] you gave an excellent answer that doesn't actually square with the facts about the Big 10. For the following reasons the system being relied on is bull... Please consider. 1. The Big 10 league record is 17-14 vs quality conferences IF you include A10 teams - else 14-14 2. Zero wins vs any Big 12, SEC, or top Big East Teams 3. As a league, only 5 wins against teams that are in the top 5 of their own power conferences (2 A10) 4. Excluding the A10 the league only has 3 wins vs teams that are top 5 in their power conferences [B]5. All the Big 10 ncaa tournament teams combined only have 2 wins vs major conference teams that are in the top 5 of their own conferences against their own peers. TWO[/B]. (non tourney Penn State beat Virg Tech) 6. In essence The Big 10 is all powerful on the national stage because they beat a 6 loss UCLA team and a 5 loss Louisville team. UCLA and Louisville are the only 2 teams any of these Big 10 powerhouses have beaten. 7. The Big 10 is 0-8 vs out of conference power conference teams they played that were part of the top 32 teams in Lunardi's bracket last week. [B]Zero[/B] Here is the detail of their 17 great wins by the conference: [B]vs ACC[/B] Virginia Tech - 3rd place but victory by Penn St not in ncaa field Louisville - 4th place 5 losses North Carolina - 6th place in own conference play Duke 2 wins - 8th place in own conference play, ie not as good as other conference teams Syracuse - 9th place Notre Dame 3 wins - 11th place BC - 14th place [B]vs Pac 12[/B] UCLA 1st place – Best OOC Win but a 6 loss team Stanford - 6th place in own conference [B]vs Big East[/B] Providence - 7th place Butler - 9th place [B]vs A10[/B] VCU - 2nd place St Louis - 4th place Rhode Island - 10th place After this murderer's row it is clear to me why they are the unquestioned best conference. NOT. [/QUOTE]

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