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[QUOTE="KnightBridgeAZ, post: 2529771, member: 591"]
I recently posted this, but I think it was on the RU board, not the BY, so if I am repeating forgive me.

Historically - and still - the B1G teams have a fair amount of parity and there is no guarantee that teams will win the games they would be expected to win and lose the games they would be expected to lose (in conference).  There are always exceptions at the top and bottom - and Illinois and Wisconsin are this year's bottom dwellers - but this inconsistency in the middle of the conference hurts the conference in the NCAA's as the 2nd tier teams - that would be shoo-ins to the NCAA in the SEC and ACC - have losses they shouldn't (again, I'm talking in-conference) which lowers their RPI and record, while other teams that aren't going anywhere post-season may get to the WNIT afterall.

This "beat each other up" syndrome is also an issue in the PAC, a bit in the Big 12, and not really in the SEC and ACC where there are limited real upsets.  Some of the talk on the RU board is about winning the games you are predicted to win - and that is the important thing.  RU already had the loss to Purdue
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