Big win ... for Stanford, as their Gonzaga victory now is definitely a quality win.
And why is that definitely a quality win? Because Georgia is from the "mighty" SEC and pollsters overrated them at #13 or else they wound up there because someone had to be ranked 13th? The thing about WCBB is that these days, there are truly very few "quality win opportunities". To me it is not enough to simply record a win against a Top 25 team since since there are really only a handful of true NC contenders that extend to the Elite 8 teams plus one or two more -- and then there is everyone else. There is simply too much disparity in the talent and overall quality after you get past the Top 8-10 teams. To this point, none of the Top 9 teams in the current AP poll have loss to a team outside of the Top 9 (except Tennessee).
I am sure most UT fans consider the LV's to have four quality wins to date (i.e. Miami, FL, Texas, DePaul and Rutgers), but to date, with the exception of Miami, FL beating Duke and the LV's loss to VA, none of UT's opponents have recorded a win against a Top 9 team. By my standards, UT has two quality wins (Miami, FL and Rutgers on the road) and one bad loss (Virginia). And looking forward the LV's only have a handful of quality opponents remaining: Stanford, ND and Kentucky x2 (and most likely x3). The LV's will be heavily favored and expected to win all their other games.
In short, with there being so few "quality win opportunities", it makes everyone you play a huge game. Looking forward to the Tennessee-Stanford game tonight. Put me down for UT to win...the LV's have the front court to match up with Stanford's primary strength...plus I am not sold on Stanford or any team from the Pac 10/12 for that matter. Besides many LV fans think UT is better than UConn and that the home-road game setting isn't all that big of a factor...so if this is the case, UT should win decidedly tonight seeing UConn already defeated Stanford by 10 points.