is a "stupid" factor as it relates to success of the conference in the NCAA tournament?
Maybe we are talking past each other - Maybe you are talking like 5 year average of success in NCAA tournament? Sure then Big 12 has won some national champs. Maybe you are focused on regular season results?
My point was that last year Big 12 did not prove themselves to the be the top conference in the NCAA tournament. I am not sure what objective metric you could find that would indicate Big 12 was the best conference in the NCAA tournament last season.