won the tournament, would that magically mean that the B12 was a better conference? Absolutely not. Which is why using that arbitrary designation that has so many factors is completely and utterly meaningless when talking about how good a conference is overall.

And we were never talking about "success of a conference in the NCAA tournament" as the final outcome. That was a measure you were using for a separate debate. Its not a measure I was disputing. I was arguing the merit of Final 4 appearance in a single season to mean anything.