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[QUOTE="jncuse, post: 867633, member: 1969"]
Just to be clear, I am not disputing the recent dominance,    and you have the numbers to prove it.   I was looking going forward.   But we need to consider who quality teams are moving on to the other side of the equation.      Its not clear cut either way - especially when I am using  the recent past (last 10 years) to analyze the future, and the present for some in ACC is iffy.   
 
With respect to the 43-26 (which I did not think was that large, but it makes sense, so thanks for the numbers).    Certainly some of that is attributable to the 16 team league, but its not purely that.    If we equalize 16 with 12, the gap is still significant. 
 
But we overlooked what I think is a very simple analysis.  Could we not compare the two conferences in the past 6 years, by merely comparing the two following totals:
 
A) The Big East (2008-2013)
B) The ACC - Maryland + Syracuse + Louisville + Pitt + Notre Dame (2008-2013)
 
So
A) 43
B) 26-2+5+6+5=41
 
So its about a draw the last 6 years in terms of overall seeds.  We can make it 44 if we include the intellectually challenged like UConn.   
 
I think the 43 seeds in the last 6 years Is about the max for the old Big East due to the five perennial losers with no positive signs except Providence.
 
With the ACC is 41 the max?   One can argue Pitt and Notre Dame may fall a bit.    But I think there are teams that are struggling right now that are better than the five former Big East leeches.   Or maybe they are headed to same place as Rutgers and DePaul.
 
Anyway, I think its close in the recent past, if we try to equalize things.   In the future?
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