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Message: [QUOTE="Alydar, post: 5073699, member: 730"] [S]Every[/S] { most} SEC women’s basketball programs are [S]is[/S] {marginally} [S]light years[/S] ahead of {most} [S]anyone[/S] of [S]in[/S] the Big East other than Uconn. That I can agree with. The SEC has a lot of teams ranked 25-50 while the BE has a lot of teams ranked 45-90, with a couple in the 25-50 range. The difference between No 35 and No 70 isn't "light years> The curve flattens at that level. Yes, UConn is way ahead of the rest of the BE but they are also way ahead of those 25-50 SEC teams. Last year SCar had only one SEC game against a ranked team (I think). Those 25-50 SEC teams had no chance against SCar unless SCar played a mediocre game. That doesn't mean that the SEC schedule isn't tough for the mid-range teams. The same can be said for the BE schedule but no one watches a BE game unless UConn is playing so they form their opinions of the BE based on that alone. People say "but look how UConn struggles in their P-4 games", ignoring that UConn is playing SCar, NDame, USC, etc. The tops of the power conferences. I like to remind folks that when NDame moved from the BE to the ACC, the ACC was considered by many the top P-5 basketball conference. NDame went undefeated for both their 1st and 2nd years in the ACC. [/QUOTE]