Pomeroy has the ACC third behind the Big 12 and Big 10. The ACC will suffer from the same thing the old Big East suffered from -- too many teams. Yes, they will have 4-6 really good teams, like we usually did, but when you have 4-5 really bad teams, you'll never be rated as favorably as a smaller conference that is solid top-to-bottom.

I still think the best year for the Big East was 1991. 7 out of 9 teams went to the tournament, 6 of those teams won at least one game, 2 teams in the Final Four. And of the 9 teams, Providence had a very good case that it should have been 8 -- The Friars were 19-13 with a 7-9 league record ('Nova got in with a 17-15 record, also 7-9 in league). Providence, however, only played one high-major non-conference game and lost, whereas 'Nova went 3-2 against other non-con high-majors.