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Message: [QUOTE="UConNation, post: 2440044, member: 2931"] From a purely numbers stand point, I don't disagree with you. But it's more of an optics problem. Honestly, I didn't have a huge problem with the MSU game. Wish it was a bit closer, but we played one of the best teams in the country to a 1 point halftime deficit. And that's after beating an Oregon team on, essentially, their home court. But we followed that up by getting completely blown out of the gym. One of the announcers said it yesterday, think it was Walton, that we have to start winning those games in order to get the country (read media, recruits, etc) to believe in the winning tradition of the program again. 9-3 or 8-4 really isn't that bad going into conference play as long as we beat some of those bigger names (AZ, Auburn, Qse, etc). Those schools don't have the same tradition as us, but, for better or worse, they've got the recognition and exposure because of their current conference situation. Getting embarrassed by a slightly better than average Arkansas team does nothing but throw more dirt on the program. Bottom line... you have to win games against P5 teams that are nationally televised if we want to return to elite status. [/QUOTE]