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So, a bad loss gets forgotten? I mean, it's a vote for the season you've had, not what you did in the week

When I last looked they were higher. But regardless, I could make a list. And I'm sure the teams I list below might not be there when anyone reads this post. Utah St, St Mary's, Santa Clara, Cal, TCU, Akron. I can't wrap my mind around the idea that beating these teams is a much bigger deal...

I happened to look at the teams that were actually Q1 and realized that there are a lot of very bad teams and mid majors in Q1. Yale is Q1. Call me crazy, but I'd put more stock in # of wins over the top 20 ranked teams than I would Q1. I'm not impressed by your wins over Santa Clara and Tulsa

Gonzaga lost to a horrendous Portland team tonight

But this league normally did well with teams that stuck together and we ended up playing a bunch of 24 year olds, and not with future NBA players. NIL has changed that now and those old guys move on to play elsewhere.

Same people who criticize UConn for scraping by Villanova might mention that Nova beat Wisconsin.

What if Michigan's only loss was to #1 Arizona while our loss was to Seton Hall?

? Im not talking about the end of year poll. I'm talking about this week's poll. Gonzaga is not a proper comparison because they only played Michigan in this week's top 25. AND the BE is and always will be better than the WCC and certainly the Pac12. Their second best team St. Mary's plays NO...

There are real consequences though. Some bracketologists have us a 2nd seed right now, and we'd be in Arizona's bracket. Meanwhile their 1 seed Iowa St. has Houston as a 2 seed. Effectively that could be the Championship game in the E8 (where have I heard that before? 1990 Duke, 1995 UCLA...

I literally showed you how many top teams they've played and we played. While at the end of the year, you'll be right and the B1G slate will be tougher, so far UConn has played more top ranked teams.

In that case, Illinois is #2

Yes, but I was just responding to UConn getting knocked for tight games against scrub teams

But that's not even the issue. Michigan scraped by a team a couple weeks ago that LOST to PC.

If you look back, there are several excruciating losses during the back-to-back championship years. So fans and pundits are knocking UConn for needing OT to beat PC. Did they like it better when UConn lost to PC and then destroyed the entire B1G conference in one of the most memorable March...

It almost makes a team like UConn do what Gonzaga does, which is schedule 1 or 2 tough OOC games, and then coast, rather than schedule 5 or 6 tough OOC games. If you're not going to get credit for a tough OC, you might as well rely on your inflated record.