Conference bragging rights

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

With no Big Ten teams making the Sweet 16 (where's Rut? ), and no Big East Teams making it to the Final Four, it is clear that the SEC with TWO teams in the Final Four holds the bragging rights for 2006.

The Pac-10 did better than expected with UCLA in the FF and narrow losses by Arizona and Washington.

Of course, George Mason out of the Colonial is the story of the tournament! (one smile for each tourney win so far)

I am right here where I have always been. Conference debates often are fun but at the end are shallow debates. If it was not for Duke and North Carolina the ACC would be thought of as a marginal conference most years. It is really about programs and their continuous dominance over a long period of time. Does anyone really think the SEC is a better conference because Florida is in the Final Four now? Does anyone think the Colonial Conference is now a power conference because George Mason has reached the pinnacle? It is not your conference that gets you there. It is your team and getting hot at the right time that does. George Mason got hot at the right time as well as Florida, UCLA and LSU. The one good thing about college basketball is you get to prove your worth on the court and not in the polls. If the polls really matter then why is the Big East watching the Final Four this year?

Peace