As a group? I guess, since we are literally all huddled in that sweet, juicy, fat part of the curve. Lol. However, I think this is an overblown sentiment. People ALWAYS say college basketball is down, and I think we are overstating that. I think PU is legitimately good (they're ranked #1 for God's sake), and look at how many Big Ten teams almost took them down. Obviously PU won the games and were the better team in each instance, my point is just that there are teams in this league who can compete with them. Additionally, the Big Ten fared as well as any other conference in non-conference play, so it's kind of harsh to judge our entire league because we have enough decent teams to make it hell every night.
I don't think we are a great league this year, but I think our own fans have PTSD or something and are overstating it. We'll have to get the March Madness monkey off our back this year, but I think we are as good as any league not named the Big XII and probably better than mediocre. JMO, though.