Totally - but in a year our conference is garbagio, interest has gone to sizing up the field of 12. This is the least interesting BE slate I can remember in the history of the BE. Maybe Nova is interesting, lost interest in StJ.
They beat UM by 20? Who's to say they wouldn't have done the same with those two guys in there - UMD isn't good. Impossible to use that game. And no, they haven't played an at Duke (they are playing them later this season), but they are annhiliating really good teams in ways we haven't seen. The data supports all of it. Watching great teams is actually fun - even if it's not UConn. May did a great job with roster construction. I don't understand hoops fans that can't appreciate another program because they feel like it's an injustice to their own team.
Auburn last year was just old. Not one first rounder on that team. Broome the only draft pick. UM will have two first rounders, potentially early. They'll have at least one second rounder too.