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[QUOTE="jncuse, post: 5020743, member: 1969"]
SEC was surprisingly not gaming compared to the B12 or others... they played less Q4 games.    I dug into 4 conferences in detail (the intention was to do 7, but I stopped at the other 3), where the SEC played a markedly harder OOC than the B12, the MWC, and the ACC... especially the B12.

My conclusions were:

1) The B12 has probably gamed things.  They managed to really do well in Q4 games margin wise, and schedules more than others.  They didn't dominate "quality" games like they did in 2023.   The fact they did so well vs the spread in Q4 games, suggests they are playing particularly hard. waiting longer to sub -- but that is just a theory.

2) The MWC is one of the top 7 conferences in terms of record, but they are more comparable to the #5-7 in terms of pure W/L performance.   But they got a healthy % of seeds.     It seems they get some "Push" in NET as a conference because they play more road games in OOC, and NET has a road boost.   They get rewarded for what they basically have to do.

3) The ACC struggled because they didn't play as well as the other two (SEC and B12) in Q1 games and Q3 games.  This hurt their NET.    They only played 30% of their OOC in quality games, unlike the SEC who played 40%.

4) In OOC SEC did the best in Q1+Q2 amongst all the conferences in terms of win vs losses.

But March is a different beast, and its one and done.  Like seeing them lose.
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