[drothamel]

I don't think this is an East Coast superiority complex, although I could be wrong. I haven't heard anyone mention the fact that the ACC has consitently won the Big Ten ACC challenge. This year, in fact, the ACC won 7-2 this year. The only Big Ten winners being Illinois and Wisconsin. Michigan just missed out on beating Duke. Now, Illinois beat a very good Wake Forest team, and Wisconsin beat a decent opponent in Maryland. Other than that, the Big Ten came up empty vs. the ACC. Again, I think that Illinois is the best team in the country, and I picked them to win the National Championship, but the bottom of the Big Ten is certainly worse than the bottom of the ACC. If we are going to debate each conference's worth, we have to look at every team, not just those left standing in the Elite 8 or the Final 4.