[Oh8ch]

Thanks for taking the time do do another good write up.

In general I agree. Big Ten coaches have improved the past few years and Painter in particular is poised to turn out something special.

But I saw half a dozen teams this weekend who could blow the best of the Big Ten right off the court.

I agree with HTH - it starts with recruiting. Bo Rein is as good as any coach in the country - but he still can't bring in top tier talent and it showed in the tourney. If you look at Scout's rankings, the ACC, Big East, SEC and PAC 10 all have at least 5 teams in the top 25 in recruiting. The Big Ten has two.

As for the Bucks, many folks described us as "young" this season. Buit as much as I like the talent we have coming in our five upperclassmen will include two former managers, Kyle Madsen and PJ Hill. As a group those four average just over 13 minutes per game this season - total.