i get a little puffing is necessary, but this is pretty great. i guess it's true if by "top ranked institutions in the country," you mean 194th ranked institution (tied with Nevada Reno, Montana, and IUPUI). close nail biter with something called "Widener University" and another called "Southern Illinois University--Carbondale" which were tied for 189. maybe next time tho!

And by "best conference in the country" do you mean the 12-13th best according to sagarin?

1 SEC-WEST (A) = 85.90 86.43 ( 1) 7 86.34 ( 1)
2 PAC-12(SOUTH) (A) = 80.61 80.05 ( 3) 6 80.31 ( 2)
3 BIG 12 (A) = 80.20 79.67 ( 5) 10 79.93 ( 3)
4 SEC-EAST (A) = 80.12 79.72 ( 4) 7 79.85 ( 5)
5 PAC-12(NORTH) (A) = 79.47 80.21 ( 2) 6 79.89 ( 4)
6 BIG TEN-EAST (A) = 76.19 76.63 ( 6) 7 76.41 ( 6)
7 ACC-COASTAL (A) = 76.12 76.23 ( 7) 7 76.23 ( 7)
8 ACC-ATLANTIC (A) = 75.41 75.47 ( 8) 7 75.46 ( 8)
9 BIG TEN-WEST (A) = 74.77 74.84 ( 9) 7 74.79 ( 9)
10 I-A INDEPENDENTS (A) = 72.04 71.26 ( 10) 3 71.93 ( 10)
11 AAC EAST (A) = 67.51 67.25 ( 11) 6 67.33 ( 11)
12 MWC-MOUNTAIN (A) = 65.82 66.18 ( 12) 6 66.01 ( 12)
13 MWC-WEST (A) = 63.73 63.40 ( 13) 6 63.46 ( 13)

Sagarin has the MWC 12th in basketball too, btw.