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<blockquote data-quote="MichiganHerd" data-source="post: 132369354" data-attributes="member: 1536401"><p>Both of you make decent points over conference being strong or not.&nbsp; Best case to use is the eye test when attempting to compare one conference against another.&nbsp; It's much easier to do when looking at football than it is basketball though.&nbsp; If for example, the Big XII teams played multiple basketball games a piece against say, the Big East, then you could better define which conference is stronger.&nbsp; Unfortunately, you only have sporadic games when one conference competes against another.&nbsp; With the field of 68, it's a one &amp; done scenario.&nbsp; It's all about matchups, and they all occur with a few days notice of who you are playing, with some days only allowing a single day to prepare.&nbsp; Allen mentions FDU beating Purdue.&nbsp; In a one and done scenario, that can certainly happen, and it did happen.&nbsp; If FDU were playing Purdue ten times over the next month, who believes FDU would win a majority of those games?&nbsp; Purdue likely wasn't preparing much for FDU, took them lightly, and took an *** whipping.&nbsp; Same thing has occurred multiple times within this tournament.&nbsp; Does anybody believe the Big East is the strongest conference, due to their performance in this year's tournament?&nbsp; I guess you could make the argument, but once you dive deeper into the conference as a whole, you may have to think otherwise.&nbsp; On the other hand, the Big XII is living high on the hog, due to recent dominance by a couple of their conference teams.&nbsp; Does that mean the conference as a whole is head &amp; shoulders above the others?&nbsp; Who knows, but it appears they are, based on the minimum eye test available.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="MichiganHerd, post: 132369354, member: 1536401"] Both of you make decent points over conference being strong or not. Best case to use is the eye test when attempting to compare one conference against another. It's much easier to do when looking at football than it is basketball though. If for example, the Big XII teams played multiple basketball games a piece against say, the Big East, then you could better define which conference is stronger. Unfortunately, you only have sporadic games when one conference competes against another. With the field of 68, it's a one & done scenario. It's all about matchups, and they all occur with a few days notice of who you are playing, with some days only allowing a single day to prepare. Allen mentions FDU beating Purdue. In a one and done scenario, that can certainly happen, and it did happen. If FDU were playing Purdue ten times over the next month, who believes FDU would win a majority of those games? Purdue likely wasn't preparing much for FDU, took them lightly, and took an *** whipping. Same thing has occurred multiple times within this tournament. Does anybody believe the Big East is the strongest conference, due to their performance in this year's tournament? I guess you could make the argument, but once you dive deeper into the conference as a whole, you may have to think otherwise. On the other hand, the Big XII is living high on the hog, due to recent dominance by a couple of their conference teams. Does that mean the conference as a whole is head & shoulders above the others? Who knows, but it appears they are, based on the minimum eye test available. [/QUOTE]

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