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Message: [QUOTE="MU in MKE, post: 4257689, member: 9984"] OK wait, first you say the ACC better because 3 of their 4 teams made it to the sweet 16 but then you start arguing how seeding tells us who the best teams are. You can't just apply the second argument to the #1 seeds. If you want seeding to be an indicator, then you need to apply it to the entire field. However, you can't do that, because then your despised NOOB would be considered better (once again). And if we're going solely on current tournament performance, does this mean the BE is better than the B10 because we had a higher percentage make it to the Sweet16? I guess that makes the Metro Atlantic the best conference in the country. Since you do not like using analytics and would rather use tournament performance, I guess we can conclude that PC is a better team this year than Baylor and Auburn. I think it is clear that the analytics help us determine who the strongest teams and conferences are while tournament outcomes crown the winners and champions. There's a difference. Thus, depending on what sort of criteria manipulation you personally want to use, the analytics tell us that the BE is the 2-4th strongest conference in the country and the 2nd winningest conference since major realignment. [/QUOTE]