In Reply to: Arizona, UCLA among most impactful college basketball realignment posted by mh on August 16, 2024 at 10:31:15
in 2022 and 2023, although they would have been buried at 13th last season.
Arizona would have finished 2nd in the Big-12 last season but only come in 3rd in 2023 and 2022.
The Big-12 has consistently been the top conference in college basketball for some time. Arizona moving there makes it more competitive but how much more remains to be seen. Although they'll win their share of games, I think they'll have a tough time with the powerhouse teams already ensconced in the conference.
I feel that UCLA, moving into the up and down B1G, is instantly competitive, especially with the incoming transfers, and will get more attention than they did in the Pac-12, just because East Coast pundits will be paying more attention to the B1G in general.
We'll have to see how the season plays out to see which move has the most impact, but it's clearly between UCLA and Arizona. No other schools come close.
David Cobb clearly misunderstood the assignment. Reading his opinion on our rival makes that abundantly obvious.