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Orange v. G'Town is boring as shit.

Nice pace to the Fla/UK game though.

G'Town up 25-18 at half. That's almost B1G exciting.

Fla/UK tied up at 31.

Fla/UK is close heading to the end.

58-57 UK with two minutes left.

Wasn't it 57-50 with like 8 minutes left? Damn.

Another pathetic performance from Florida on the road. This time they're letting UK right into the tournament.

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Originally Posted by Bearcat (Post 9479882)

Wasn't it 57-50 with like 8 minutes left? Damn.

Yep. Fla went on a total drought and now it's going to cost them.

UK up two with 10 seconds left and inbounding the ball.

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Originally Posted by DaKCMan AP (Post 9479229)

That's nice, but championships over the past 10 years:
SEC: 3
BE: 3
ACC: 3
B12: 1
B10: 0
P10: 0
MWC: 0
MVC: 0
A10: 0
CUSA: 0
WCC: 0

Even if you ignore the fact that the tournament is a major crapshoot, that isn't an accurate gauge of overall conference strength for obvious reasons.

The best road win Florida has all year is at LSU. That seems to represent a problem for them.

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Originally Posted by KC_Connection (Post 9477960)

The conference ranks of the B12 and B10 by the average AdjO and AdjD of their teams:

B10: .8465
B12: .8360

I'm sorry to say, but the B10 has been the slightly better basketball conference over the last 10 years according to this measure.

Of course, it is a complete fallacy to say that the B12 has been bad or that there haven't been any other NC threats other than KU.

Just last year, MU was one of the best teams in the NCAA and Baylor made the E8. In 2010, both Baylor and KSU were among the best teams in the NCAA (ranked 6 and 7 in KenPom and both made the E8). In 2009, Blake Griffin pushed an OU team to the E8. And in 2008, Texas was a top 10 team that also went to the E8. Before that, Kevin Durant had Texas as one of the better teams in the country as well.

Take the top performer out of each of those stats and I guarantee the Big 10 will outdistance the Big 12. Honestly, KU has always been a big fish in a little pond. I am sorry it sticks in so many craws, but it is a fact. If it weren't, your conference would have held together even after your football competition fell to the SEC.

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Originally Posted by KCWolfman (Post 9479946)

Take the top performer out of each of those stats and I guarantee the Big 10 will outdistance the Big 12. Honestly, KU has always been a big fish in a little pond. I am sorry it sticks in so many craws, but it is a fact. If it weren't, your conference would have held together even after your football competition fell to the SEC.

Also know as your opinion.

Difficult to differentiate the two, eh?

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Originally Posted by KCWolfman (Post 9479946)

If you took the top performer in that, it would be KU and they would destroy anything the B10 could bring to the table. So I assume that's not quite what you meant.

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Originally Posted by WilliamInnerCircle (Post 9479324)

Bill Self recruited great players at Tulsa. Then he recruited greater players Illinois. I have little doubt he absolutely would have pulled MU into greatness. The guy can recruit like a MF'er. And he can coach a little bit too.

I have no doubt he would have improved the team as well. I don't think he would have led them to final fours or a championship. KU is a blessing that has helped a great coach, but he would not have had the same teams or opportunities in Columbia.

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Originally Posted by Pablo (Post 9479953)

Also know as your opinion.

Difficult to differentiate the two, eh?

I guess I should have been more clear for the rest of the crowd.

It is clear that the conference has severe balance issues when teams beg to leave constantly.

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Originally Posted by KCWolfman (Post 9479959)

I guess I should have been more clear for the rest of the crowd.

It is clear that the conference has severe balance issues when teams beg to leave constantly.

Conference re-alignment has jack shit to do with basketball. But you know that.

Kansas running basketball didn't force MU and A&M to the SEC. Football and money did.

BTW, if you want to enjoy competitive basketball where both teams aren't frightened to score points, flip it over to the KSU/OSU game.

Two of the Big 12's "small fish in the small pond" are playing a very fun game.