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The Big 10 has not done well in the NCAA tourney. Lot's of by Domerduck

the Big 10 teams might make the tourney and have good records beating up conference foes, but very few even get to the Sweet 16. Only Maryland made it to the Final 4 in 2015, their first year after they moved from the ACC to the Big 10. Prior to that the last Big 10 Final 4 team was MSU in 2005. The last NCAA tourney (2019) the Big 10 had the worst winning record of any of the major conferences going 7-6 while the SEC was 9-7, Big East/UConn 5-3, ACC 14-8, Big 12 7-3, and PAC12 14-6. Only 2 Seed Iowa even made it to the sweet 16 while 3 Seed Maryland was upset by 6 Seed UCLA. That was similar to the previous 2 times as Big 10 champs they had a top Seed and got upset by a PAC12 team: 2017 when 10 Seed Oregon upset 3 Seed Maryland and 2016 when 7 Seed Washington upset 2 Seed Maryland. In my mind the Big 10 continues to be overated and underperforming.

The truth is all 9 of Bett's teams were in the sweet 16 the last tourney including all 4 who made it to the final 4. In fact her 9 teams have accounted for 75% (24/32) of the Final 4 participants the last 8 tourneys. The other 8 participants were Mississippi State twice, Maryland twice (once while still in the ACC), Cuse while in the ACC, and 3 other PAC12 schools (Cal, UW, & OSU). I'd say being a top recruit and staying away from the Big 10 is a wise move. Maybe staying home like Caitlin Clark may make sense. Megan Gustafson went from Wisconsin to Iowa but she ultimately didn't play for the big prize over her 4 years. We will see if that changes down the road, but you have to wonder with so many Big 10 FOY transfer from their Big 10 school out of the conference.