He's bought in to the media hype. And it's going to get worse now that Disney won the rights to the NCAA tournament. Just like football, they'll promote to protect their investment.
Kentucky & Florida, that's the list of SEC teams to win a national title since a B1G (Sparty) last won one.
ACC - UNC (3), Duke (3), UVA (1), Maryland (1) & Louisville (1)
Big East - UCONN (5*), Nova (2) & Syracuse (1)
B12 - Kansas (2) & Baylor (1)
SEC - UK (1), Florida (3)
B1G - Michigan State (1)
* UCONN won one as a member of the AAC.
I may be missing one, not sure.