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Message: [QUOTE="willtalk, post: 3334475, member: 1220"] If you read his post carefully that is not what he said. He gave reasons why conference matchups are more apt to produce upsets. 1. Conference teams know each other better than non conference teams do. 2. They play each other multiple times a year so they are familiar with each other strengths and weaknesses. 3 Interconference rivalries create emotionally driven upset potential that makes home courts take on extra value. 4. There are at least four teams in the conference that considering all the aforementioned factors might be capable on any given night of upsetting Oregon. He also stated that those same conditions exist in every other conference and barring an extreme difference in talent makes those types of games likely. Now last I heard Uconn is not in the Pac 12 so those in conference factors would not apply to them nor any other nonconference team playing Oregon. I happen to believe those factors play a role. You can see this often plays out in many conference results throughout the year. Especially when it involves traditional rivalries. [/QUOTE]