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<blockquote data-quote="The Bell Tolls for Thee" data-source="post: 132318610" data-attributes="member: 1812660">Big 12.&nbsp; You play everyone twice in a home and away series while only maybe one of those opponents any given year is a lucky to be NIT team.&nbsp; Sure there were years when the BE had Georgetown, Syracuse, UConn, Pitt, Louisville, Marquette, and Villanova were all top 20 teams, but you didn't have to face every one of those teams and most certainly not twice with one game guaranteed on the road.&nbsp; The Big East was usually good for at least a few cellar dwellers as well with USF, Rutgers, and DePaul frequent being down there and usually one other program joining them in a down year.&nbsp; So the BE usually had 20-25% not being even bubble worthy compared to the 10-20% in the Big 12.&nbsp; You could also possibly avoid one of the top 25 teams in the BE all together or only play them at home unlike the Big 12 where you are guaranteed to play the conference's best and play them on their court.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Bell Tolls for Thee, post: 132318610, member: 1812660"] Big 12. You play everyone twice in a home and away series while only maybe one of those opponents any given year is a lucky to be NIT team. Sure there were years when the BE had Georgetown, Syracuse, UConn, Pitt, Louisville, Marquette, and Villanova were all top 20 teams, but you didn't have to face every one of those teams and most certainly not twice with one game guaranteed on the road. The Big East was usually good for at least a few cellar dwellers as well with USF, Rutgers, and DePaul frequent being down there and usually one other program joining them in a down year. So the BE usually had 20-25% not being even bubble worthy compared to the 10-20% in the Big 12. You could also possibly avoid one of the top 25 teams in the BE all together or only play them at home unlike the Big 12 where you are guaranteed to play the conference's best and play them on their court. [/QUOTE]

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