Mar 9, 2010 - For a while now, the Big XII has been the most underrated conference in college basketball, and this year is no exception. While the Big East was truly exceptional a year ago, that conference has become to college basketball what the SEC is to college football, so I fully expect the talking heads to over-hype the Big East's bid for 10 bids while under-discussing the strength of the Big XII -- which was both the nation's best conference in non-con play and closes the season with the strongest top-six in the nation. A quick glance at the Basketball Rankings Bible (Ken Pomeroy's ratings) reveals that among the Top 25 rated teams in the country, no conference can match the Big XII at the top.