Winter is coming.
With winter comes college basketball. With college basketball comes *shudders* Big Ten basketball, that beautiful brand of the game we all know and love.
It’s no secret that the conference has seen a decline in quality over the past few years. In 2013, the Big Ten finished as the top conference in Kenpom’s conference rankings. The league that once had a legitimate claim to being the best in the country has struggled to keep up. Last year, it finished fifth in those same Kenpom rankings. Despite Michigan making an appearance in the National Championship game, the league as a whole only sent four teams to the NCAA Tournament.