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Message: [QUOTE="Okafour rings, post: 4872781, member: 7715"] This is the best argument against playing any team ranked lower than #300, maybe even 250. It does nothing to prepare a team for the Big East part of the schedule: offensively, defensively, or for players' attitudes. I look at the KenPom rating (UConn currently 28.65) and compare it to the opponent's rating - Butler currently 14.63 - add in a +3/+4 for home court advantage and deem it the point spread. So UConn should be favored by 17 or so for Tuesday's game. If we look at a game vs the #200 team: Texas A&M, Corpus Christi, rated -3.18, UConn would be favored by 32. Why not play teams like this instead of Miss Valley State or Northern Arizona? Even Fairfield at #187 would be a better matchup with an in-state 'rival'.' [/QUOTE]