I dont get the hate for Big Ten basketball. It is a certain style, a different style, for sure, than the ACC or PAC 10 but it is effective and plays well outside of the conference. Critics often times say the Big Ten lacks the more athletic players that play in some of the other conferences, maybe they do, but they surely do not lack good basketball players. If basketball were all about atheletics and running and gunning there would be a lot more guys that could hack it at a D-I level. But it isnt, it is about fundamentals, half court offense and gasp sometimes even defense.