Andrew Catalon: American Conference Took A Step Forward This Year

College basketball, much like college football, has a small number of “power conferences” that seem to rise above the rest of the leagues in the sport in terms of talent level, competition and genuine championship contenders. Those leagues are well established, known as the “Power 5” in football while in basketball it tends to be more of a “Power 6” with the Big East joining the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC at the top of the heap.
But, when we asked CB