ACC vs. Do You Still Play Basketball

This is a belated post, but I most post it anyway. I yearned to write about the ACC-Big Ten Challenge this year because it's a debacle.

The ACC rolls on each year with competition with the Big East for the best conference and sometimes the SEC for a few of the best teams. But the Big Ten seems to spiral further and further downward each year. Thank the lord for Eric Gordon, or I might not watch a Big Ten game this year. Ok, maybe I'll tune in to see MSU just to see the "Izzone."

But really, Big Ten basketball can only compete for worst downswing with itself - Big Ten football. Alright, Big Ten football will survive and probably thrive again.

But honestly, I'm not sure Big Ten basketball will. It's become cool to play basketball for Southern Cal and to an extent, Gonzaga. One-year-and-done college ballers find it cool to to play in Manhattan, Kansas now.

If that's the case, the ACC, Big East and PAC 10 schools will have to take in lower recruiting classes just because of these outliers. Where does that leave the Big Ten?

The answer is I'm still not sure, and I don't think the Big Ten knows either.






Watch out for Tubby Smith, he'll find a way to make Minnesota dominate this conference.... in a year or two.