The genesis of this post comes from a post on MGoBlog this morning, which had an interesting way to solve the current mess that is Big Ten basketball scheduling:
Basketball: making 14 an asset
Wisconsin ran away with the Big Ten title this year. Their last seven games included matchups against 9-9 Illinois, 4-14 Penn State, and two against 6-12 Minnesota. What if their stretch run was nothing but the other three games-Maryland, Michigan State, Ohio State-and so was everyone else's? And what if you could never point to anyone's schedule and say that's why team X won?