For reference this year ndsu, St Thomas, SDSU go 106, 111, and 123 in kenpom. Last year SDSU won it at 138 and St Thomas was the only other team in the 100s at 148
The way I look at it, St Thomas, ndsu, and SDSU are all very good teams that could be competitive in the ncaa tournament. Omaha on paper so far belongs in that tier. The preseason #1 team is probably 5th in the conference. You look at a team like UND, currently ranked 8th in the conference, and they’re 268 kenpom which is way better than your historical 8th place summit league team
Just listened the most recent podcast. They were saying the league feels like it’s down but then stated the Summit is the 20th rated conference, which is up from 24 where it normally is. I think I said on here a couple weeks ago that this is the best the summit has been since we’ve joined. I guess I wouldn’t have guessed people feel like it’s down