<p>Number of Teams in Top 25:</p>
<p>5 in Big 12
5 in Big East
4 in SEC
3 in ACC
3 in Big 10</p>
<p>Ok I change my mind lol, the best conference is the Big East/Big 12. It’s really close.</p>
<p>Yeah it’d be impressive if Villanova wins dual championships, but not a huge deal since one of those championships isn’t D-1A. If they win both, they shouldn’t be considered best athletic school either.</p>
<p>^ In the latest AP poll, the B10 has 5 teams in the top 25 - w/ the B12 having 4 and the BE 5.</p>
<p>I’ll probably give the nod to the B12 as the best conf. thus far.</p>
<p>The fact that the BE has 5 teams in the top 25 isn’t that impressive considering how teams make up that conf.; also, BE teams historically don’t do nearly as well as the B10/ACC in making the Final 4/Championship game - so I’m going to have to see more from the conf. before considering them “the best.”</p>
<p>Yeah the number of teams per conference in the top 25 is gonna change like every week.</p>
<p>leeznon, still think Purdue is overrated? You expected a WVU win, but instead Purdue destoryed WVU offensively and defensively. SEVENTEEN turnovers. Too bad Butler got grumpy and started to get very aggressive. BOILER UP! </p>
<p>13-0 (1-0). Quality Wins against Tennessee(Away), Alabama(Away), and WVU(Home).</p>
<p>lol, Purdue dominated but I still think they are overrated (sorry). After seeing WVU the last few games, there’s no question they’re also overrated. I’m not sure Purdue’s win was a “true win against a #6” because WVU’s recent struggles show that they shouldn’t have been a top 10 team IMO.</p>
<p>So I think WVU was waaay overrated and Purdue a little overrated. And by overrated I’m not saying they’re bad, I just think they’re ranked a little high and teams like Syracuse & Nova are better.</p>
<p>Syracuse did just get its first loss against Pittsburgh (an unranked team), while Purdue is still undefeated…so I don’t know if I agree that Purdue is overrated in comparison. I think I’ll reserve judgment until Purdue plays against Ohio State and Michigan State…</p>
<p>fa-la-la-lena, OSU is really nothing this season without Evan Turner. The tougher teams in the Big Ten will be Mich. St. and Wisconsin. Even though Northwestern, Minny, and OSU have a good record, they have no quality wins like Purdue (Wake Forest, Tenn., and West Virginia), Wisconsin (Arizona, Duke, Marquette), and Mich. St. (Gonzaga). I personally don’t see Mich. St. going far if they don’t get their act together. Even though they played teams like Texas and UNC already but lost, I feel they lost their focus. Especially with Wisconsin loss, I predict the three top finishing teams in the Big Ten in order to be: Purdue, Wisconsin, and Mich. State. If Evan Turner comes back 1/8, the date he projected himself to come back then I see OSU right behind Mich. St. He may not be the same but he will still help the team like how Robbie Hummel helped Purdue when he came back from his injury. </p>
<p>Syracuse lost to Pitt so I see them dropping to #6 since WVU was ranked that and lost or #7 depending on if Duke loses to Clemson on Sunday. I doubt they’d drop Cuse to the double digits since they are still a good team for sure. Nova also almost lost to an unranked, good team Marquette. I see them drop a spot down to #10 since UConn lost to 'Nati and had that rank.</p>
<p>The season is really starting to shape up now. I think the top teams in the country are clearly Kentucky, Kansas, and Texas. Every team after that just isn’t up to par with those 3 teams. I think Kentucky might go undefeated because they’ve beaten quality opponents and they are in an “easy” conference where they can easily dominate. Kansas and Texas are going to have to battle to be No.1 in the Big 12. I give the edge to Kansas since they have a little bit more depth and experience. I think Purdue is off to a good start but they’re going to have to prove that they deserve to be the No.4 team in the country. They have a chance to prove it though with some quality conference wins .</p>
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While there really isn’t an excuse for Michigan State to have lost to UNC, Texas, and Florida (?), it’s not uncommon for them to start slow. They’ve done it in past seasons and still ended up going far in the tourney. In 2005, they had a really mediocre season but they played against quality teams throughout the whole season and they were able to reach the Final Four even as a No.5 Seed. In the Big 10, I think it will be Michigan State and Purdue finishing in the Top 2 but everything after that is really not absolute. I think that the Big 10 is going to be the most competitive conference and it can easily put 5, maybe even 6 into the tourney. MSU and Purdue are locks, and Wisconsin and Ohio State (with Evan Tuner) can make it into tournament, but the other teams are really going to be fighting for a spot, especially Northwestern.</p>
<p>lol right when I say Syracuse is better than Purdue, they lose. </p>
<p>Texas started off '10 with their worst game of the season vs. a bad team.</p>
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<p>In 2005, MSU went 22-5 in the regular season, including an 8-2 non-conference record. Their non-conference schedule was also much stronger, and they were way under seeded in the tournament. This year, they’ll need to improve a lot to match that.</p>
<p>what do y’all think about USC’s probation in basketball? good thing nothing could possibly happen to football.</p>
<p>I think it was great that USC’s Athletic Director and Administration took the initiative. They knew that they violated NCAA rules and should receive the punishments by doing it to themselves. I personally admire and respect USC’s Athletic Department now since I doubt other schools would do this to their own program. Even though they started off well into this season, I feel bad for them that this had to happen. However, I hope the players realize that this was mean’t for the best in terms of the image the school has now.</p>
<p>^ Plenty of other schools have done the same in order to escape potentially tougher sanctions from the NCAA.</p>
<p>If anything, USC’s athletic dept. had been dragging their feet w/ regard to all the “issues” their revenue sports and the cynic would say that they basically self-penalized their BB program in an attempt to soften any blow that would be directed at the more-impt. FB program.</p>
<p>I don’t know that they dragged their feet. It was only a year after the original allegations that they fired Tim Floyd and another 1/2 a year that they self-imposed penalties.</p>
<p>Frankly I’m glad the whole mess is over. It got pretty clear toward the end that Tim Floyd and OJ Mayo were dirty and were bad for USC.</p>
<p>I know the USC haters want football to be hit also, but practically speaking…there was a lot more evidence against Mayo. There is a reason nothing has happened to football and that’s because it’s mostly accusations and hearsay.</p>
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<p>It’s not, unless you mean the cheating itself, in basketball.</p>
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<p>Well, the NCAA is unlikely to take further penalties against the basketball program. The penalties that were imposed are similar to other recent “improper benefits” cases at (for example) Oklahoma.</p>
<p>The basketball penalties will be ongoing for another year, but it is better than the uncertainty. USC already lost all of their 2009 recruiting class because of the uncertainty, which probably was the most harmful result of all to the program.</p>
<p>UNC game was terrible tonight. Down 3 points with 20 secs left, and we hold onto it for 15 secs and miss a layup with 5 seconds left. Makes absolutely zero sense. Wow.</p>
<p>I hope all the UNC bandwagon fans will be coming out. LOL</p>
<p>We’re a young team, and we were playing without two of our starters. We’ll improve this year, but I think next year is our year to make another run at the final four.</p>
<p>Sure can happen. Back in the 2007-2008 season when Purdue had 4 freshmen starting they went 25-9 Overall and 15-3 Conf. However like UNC today they did lose to a small school team Wofford by 3 points. Those 4 freshmen are now starting again this year and may lead us to a Final Four</p>