Ok, as requested here is the Big 45

Pac-9
USC, UCLA, Cal, Ariz, Ariz. St, Ore, Wash, Utah, Colorado

Big Central-9
Tex, Tx A&M, Ok, Kan, Neb, Mizzou, Arky, LSU, Ole Miss

SouthEast-9
Bama, Auburn, Ga, S. Car, Fla, FSU, Tenn, KY, Lou

Big North-9
Iowa, Minn, Wisc, ILL, Mich, Mich St, Indy, OSU, Penn St

Atlantic-9
Clemson, GT, UNC, NCSU, Va, Va Tech, ND, MD, Rut

Out-20
BC, Sry, Pitt, wake, Duke, Miami
WV, TCU, Baylor, Tx Tech, Ok St, Kan St, Iowa St, Miss St, Vandy, Pur, NW
wash st, Ore St, Stan,

(01-12-2015 07:51 PM)UConn-SMU Wrote:  

(01-12-2015 01:51 PM)CardFan1 Wrote:  I watched the Cincinnati and UConn Basketball game Saturday and I can tell You there is No fall off from a Good G5 program and a Good P5 program. The intensity was Sizzling and the Fans sure acted like it didn't occur to Them that They are left out of P5 caliper games. There are G5 schools that could Destroy many p5 programs . AAC, Big East still have a shot to be Final Four programs. How could anyone see it otherwise. I still think future realignment will strongly consider adding strong Basketball programs and if Those schools also have Good football the Better.

I appreciate your thoughts, but telling people UConn basketball isn't much of a fall off from P5 basketball is like saying U.S.A. basketball isn't much of a fall off from Italian basketball.

In basketball, there really isn't as much a P5/G5 split. Without doubt, the AAC is a better conference than the SEC in basketball. Football and $$$ is where the real gulf is

So with the Big 45, there were 20 P5 teams that did not make the cut. The breakdown by conference.

BIG 12 -
7 out of 10 schools did not make it.

ACC
6 out of 15 schools did not make it

Pac
3 out of 12 did not make it

B10
2 out of 14 did not make it

SEC
2 out of 14 did not make it