main factor that you lead with. How many teams that made the final 4 had injuries to their best player? I'm guessing none, which is why using that as any gauge is dumb because getting to the final 4 requires a lot of good fortune and it means nothing for an entire conference. If Shead didn't get injured and Houston won the tournament, would that magically make the B12 a better conference? I'm not excusing anything. I'm simply using an example of why not having a final 4 appearance for the conference doesn't mean anything.