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Originally Posted by KC_Connection
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.
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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.