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Message: [QUOTE="jncuse, post: 2407973, member: 1969"] Observations based on the above, We are now about halfway through non conference play, so while there is time to change, I could also argue that a lot of damage has been done by some leagues that will be hard to undo. There is a clear dividing line between the top 4 and next 3 conferences, [LIST] [*]There are a clear 4 top conferences forming (ACC, Big 12, Big East, SEC). [*]There are a clear next 3 conferences (Pac 12, B-10, American) [/LIST] In terms of the top 4 conferneces [LIST] [*]I would go with the ACC as the best given there highest %'s in elite and also having more teams in general. However the ACC does have stinkers that a conference like the B12 may not have. [*]This is the best the SEC has been in a while. It's always among the worst of the P5/P5+BE, but this year it is clearly not. Quite a bit of young talent has accumulated in the SEC beyond Kentucky. [*]I don't think the B12 is gaming the RPI, but it always plays out quite well for them. It used to always have one clear cellar dweller but Jamie Dixon has done a very good job with TCU (way to go Pitt) [*]I think the Big East has proven that is a basketball power at this point, Not at the ACC level, but certainly comfortably in the middle of the P5+BE year in and year out. [*]These are 6 t0 9 bid league teams (maybe even 10 in the ACC, given that two other P5 conferences stink below) [/LIST] In terms of the next 3 conferences; [LIST] [*]I included the American because they are basically on par group by group with the Big10 and the Pac 12. The American is doing OK, but that shows how terrible the Rose Bowl conferences are. [*]These are 3 to 4 bid conference with maybe 5 if things work out perfectly. [*][B]People here say the B10 is bad as usual. But they are never this bad. Usually the metrics say they are still fairly good (in the top 4 group) even when they look suspect. But now what we see is lining up with the metrics.[/B] [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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