(01-12-2019 11:07 PM)msm96wolf Wrote:  

(01-12-2019 10:21 PM)stever20 Wrote:  

(01-12-2019 10:16 PM)msm96wolf Wrote:  Call me crazy , but I think the true measure of a power basketball conference is the average number of teams that go to the tournament yearly. Since the Big East/AAC split. I took the 5 year average. Personally, I think at minimum, a power conference should send 5 teams yearly. Using the five year average. Just using data and results, to me this is the simplest breakdown.


Power Conferences (5 or more average).
ACC 6 6 7 9 9 Average = 7
Big 12 7 7 7 6 7 Average = 7
Big East 4 6 5 7 6 Average = 6
Big Ten 6 7 7 7 4 Average = 6
Pac-12 6 4 7 4 3 Average = 5
SEC 3 5 3 5 8 Average = 5

Mid Major (2-4 Bids Yearly)
A10 6 3 3 3 3 Average = 4
American 4 2 4 2 3 Average = 3
Mountain 2 3 1 1 2 Average = 2
WCC 2 2 1 2 1 Average = 2

the problem with that is two fold...
1- the A10 has that 6 bid year which was clearly an outlier.
2 the AAC has added Wichita that made the tourney in the 1st 4 years. If you're just looking at what the conferences are- you have to figure that in....

The AAC has clearly passed the A10.

I have no dogs in the A10 vs AAC who is the bigger and badder. Neither has proven themselves in the past 5 years. Disagree about having to say you need to include WSU, their MVC success has nothing to do with the AAC success. If anything, WSU did not live up to expectations last year for the AAC and looks unlikely to go to the tournament this year. No doubt the AAC is far superior to the MVC in basketball, but they should be. I think it shows more of WSU having to play in an overall better conference and now are an average fish in a medium pond.

Any conference with UCONN, Memphis, cincy, Temple and Houston is not mid-major no matter what arbitrary line you've made up in your mind. What mid-major conference has ever won a national championship? Why isn't that your made up divide? The AAC has basically had a Memphis and UCONN problem , but now that both have taken drastic steps to correct obvious coaching issues, the conference is poised to rise back up to normal.