I keep reading posts here and on social media that the big ten is being exposed. However, as someone who has watched a lot of college basketball I can’t help but think this is getting exaggerated a little bit.
What I see from watching league play is that the big ten is full of teams that are likely, quality wise, 11-6 seeds. Very few weak teams, but also very few dominant teams. Without a dominant team to get attention, people then want to say the whole league is garbage, but I don’t think the evidence is there to back that up.
Not to mention March madness is exciting, because the tournament is crazy and unpredictable. You can’t judge any team by one game, so the slams against Purdue are a little much. Just like every year in football some teams lose to a division 2 opponent. I don’t think Purdue was up to the quality of a 1 seed, but I also think they played a bad game that made them look worse than they were.
I don’t think refs have much to do with the big ten not winning it for a long time, and I don’t even think it’s style of play. I think big ten teams pick their styles based off the personnel they have. I think the problem is if you are a good team but not a dominant team, it’s really hard to win that many games row.
What I see from watching league play is that the big ten is full of teams that are likely, quality wise, 11-6 seeds. Very few weak teams, but also very few dominant teams. Without a dominant team to get attention, people then want to say the whole league is garbage, but I don’t think the evidence is there to back that up.
Not to mention March madness is exciting, because the tournament is crazy and unpredictable. You can’t judge any team by one game, so the slams against Purdue are a little much. Just like every year in football some teams lose to a division 2 opponent. I don’t think Purdue was up to the quality of a 1 seed, but I also think they played a bad game that made them look worse than they were.
I don’t think refs have much to do with the big ten not winning it for a long time, and I don’t even think it’s style of play. I think big ten teams pick their styles based off the personnel they have. I think the problem is if you are a good team but not a dominant team, it’s really hard to win that many games row.