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Ok so what conferences are the best this year?

Real Time RPI Thursday's games included

BE - 9
SEC - 6
B12 - 6
P10 - 5
B10 - 5
ACC - 4
A10 - 3
MVC - 3
Cusa- 1

Pomeroy Ratings Wednesday's games included

BE - 9
B12 - 9
P10 - 7
B10 - 6
SEC - 5
ACC - 5
A10 - 1
MVC - 1
Cusa- 1


An eye opener to say the least...

How can they keep pimping the PAC 10? Are you serious? We'll see next week how overrated that conference is. Absolutely ridiculous. If they don't take at least 8 Big East teams there should be an investigation. Remember that is just 50% of the conference, Every other conference gets 50% of their teams in every year or two. Its time the Big East gets some damn respect.

TM

Duke and the ACC are the bestest and Syracuse and the Big East stink!!!

T.Shock

1.Big East
2.Pacific 10
3.ACC
4.SEC
5.Big 12
6.Big 10
7.WCC
8.MVC
9.MWC
10.CAA

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JuniorNoboa

No A-10.

IMO,
1. Pac-10
2. Big East
3. Big 12
4. ACC
5. SEC
6. Big Ten
7. A-10 (although they are deeper then the Big Ten)

TM

Complete agree

Gtown07

I dont know guys. Would you rather play Rutgers or Oregon State? Would you rather play G'town, L'ville, ND, UConn and Pitt (not to mention Marquette!) or UCLA, Stanford, Wazzu, USC and ASU? I understand the media has forced "The Pac 10 is the best team in the country" down our throats but I just don't see how. And I think just like the ACC last year the Pac 10 will disappoint in the tournament.

To preempt the quant's response with pointing to Conference RPI or Sargarin, etc. just give it the eye test fellas. Even Lunardi himself said those conference rankings are bunk and the Big East is the best conference.

JuniorNoboa

Uh oh.... here comes the unbiased eyes test again.

Once again you prove no make faulty arguments (Subjective or objective)

Gtown07

Can I be honest with you. Quantitative analysis can be just as easily misconstrued and biased as qualitative. I can go on Ken Pomeroy's site and prove my point while you can prove the same point with similar statistics.

However I will use your paradigm for the Orange thread. For this one? Come on. The Big East is the best conference. I look at numbers alright. I look in March. Who advanced the most teams the farthest.

JuniorNoboa

How can you compare the top 5 vs the top 5 in a conference, when ose is a 16 team league and one is a 10 team league. Of course the top 5 in the Big East will be better... no ehit. It hardly proves they are a tougher conference.... it proves they have a better fifth place team because they are a larger conference.

Here is a fairer way to look at it.. even using the eyes test!!!!

UCLA, Stanford
vs
Georgetown, Louisville, Notre Dame, UConn
DRAW


Washington St. USC, Arizona St
vs
Marquette. Pitt, West Virginia, Villanova
DRAW

Arizona, Oregon, California
vs
Syracuse, Cincinnati, Seton Hall, Providence
DEFINITE EDGE - PAC-10


Washington, Oregon St
vs
Depaul, St. John's. South Florida, Rutgers
EDGE = PAC-10 At the bottom Washington is the best team.

If you want to argue the conferences are similar that is fine... and say they are 1,1A. But to argue that the Big East is clearly better then the other is a farce on both quant and qual analysis.

JuniorNoboa

You so realize that comparing how many teams a 16 team conference advances on a gross level, to that of what a 10 team conference, does not prove your point.

HKF