Originally posted on 02/23/2012:

Quote Originally Posted by No coincidences View Post
I keep hearing about how great the Big Ten is on paper, but really, the league is garbage and Wisconsin is public enemy No. 1. They have 1.5 players -- Taylor and Evans. Nothing underneath. Worst Bo Ryan team I've seen in a while. Yet they're ranked because they don't get challenged by the "best conference in college basketball."

MSU and OSU are good. Not great. Michigan's right behind. After that = horseshit. Indiana's great as long as they don't have to leave Bloomington. Illinois, Minnesota, Northwestern have no business even being discussed for an NCAA berth, yet they are.

I'm a huge Big Ten guy and I've always defended this league in the past when it's flown under the radar, but not this year.
What the hell are you talking about? If anything, this has been a good year for the Big Ten when you consider recent history.