Big Ten seems Little and Done

At least we arent the SEC with 6 teams in and only 1 getting to the Sweet 16!

Good luck to your longhorns, they looked great today.

First things first, what's a Big Ten fan doing with a Texas emblem! lol.  Seriously though, everyone is underestimating Wisconsin's injury early in the game.  That was there second leading scorer and their best perimeter defender.  I believe you've got the Big Ten all wrong.  Don't forget about the BUckeyes here!  They were in the Final last year, how can they be left out.  They are in the Final Four of the NIT in a "off" year.  They are not in the NCAA this year because their talent is so good it leaves early to be the #1 pick in the draft.  Next year they have arguably the best recruiting class in the country.  A 7' 1" 260 lb giant who was sought after by a lot of teams.  In football, State got the prize there too.  Picked the consensus best QB coming into the college football next year.  The Big Ten has never been aas dominate in BB as they are in football.  Your Hoosiers were actually one of the best teams this year, until internal issues sent things plummeting.  That's not recruiting.  If your Hoosiers fan you'll either love or hate this....There's one reason the Big Ten isn't as dominate as it used to be.   Bob Knight.  THink about it.  COunt the BIg TEn national champions, then count how many times his name repeats itself as you count.  He had to be fired, that's not my point.  He was out of control, and that fact kept him from getting the talent to come to IU.  But Ohio State should not be representing the Big Ten in basketball.  THey are the football team.  Indiana has always been the dominate force in the conference and they're just not anymore.  They need a coach who can marry the present to the past heritage and draw some talent in.  Two of the greatest champions ever are the 76 and 87 Hoosiers.  THe 76 team is always remembered as the great single season team.  UCLA may have been the dynasty, but that team could have beat anybody.  THe 87 team was COach Knight's legacy.  THere wasn't a lot of talent on that team.  Just a lot of roll players, and a coach who always had them in the proper roll for their oponent.  That was a championship won by coaching.  The star was a JC transfer who stepped up for one big half of basketball.  So don't question Davidson either.  One player can take a game(s) over and determine the outcome.  Seriously though, give the Big Ten some slack here.  If they recruit like everyone else, who will send those big bodied, well balanced players to the pros.  I mean is a terrible thing if a kid has to function in man-to-man based D before he hits the pros.  And I'm not saying the stars come from the Big Ten.  I mean your meat and potatoes career guys.  PLus don't over look that it's more diversified now.  Meaning no conference dominates.  It changes every year.  Kids leave early, and a lot of smaller schools have really raised their stock with tournament runs.  I'm sure some of the talent that now goes to Xavier, Cincinnati, Miami(OH), ILL St., W. Kentucky, etc. used all go to OSU, IND, ILL, Mich, Mich ST, UK & Louisville,etc.