Parity?

One of the overiding themes up to this point of the season has been "parity". Teams that ascend to the top spot, lose. Indiana lost to Butler, Duke lost to NC State, Louisville lost to everyone they played, Michigan lost to Ohio when they had a chance to be #1, etc.

Interestingly, though, KenPom tweeted this nugget yesterday:

"Gotta call BS on this season's parity narrative. AP top 10 at start of week had 15 losses. Last year at same time: 24"

Last year, Kentucky was the top team and there was plenty of "parity" right behind them. Jay Bilas likes to talk about the lack of great teams in college basketball and he's right but there are plenty of very good teams and the one's currently in the top 15 are a cut above the rest.