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[QUOTE="gsmooth, post: 5105745, member: 9355"]
I am not sure that is a good comparison. As tzzandrew has said in the past, and I agree with it, is Auburn really did not beat anyone all that good last year. People look at top metrics to determine if a team is really good, but I think it's 1) metrics and 2) good wins that we should be looking for in determining the potential for a team. Auburn had the former, but not the latter. They beat South Carolina twice by 40 and then by 31 and that "gamed" the metrics even though South Carolina was a good team, but far from anything substantial (they lost by a decent margin the first round of the NCAAT).

Also, I had a feeling Yale was going to give Auburn trouble because Auburn depends on turning other teams over a lot and making them play a chaotic style thus getting Auburn easy baskets. Yale was top 10 in the country in turning over the ball the least.

Edit: 
They did beat a really good Alabama team at home by 18, but my point still stands after that. Also, they really did not do anything of note in the out of conference games.
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