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Message: [QUOTE="diggerfoot, post: 3361068, member: 1673"] Every empirical measure that takes into account who and how a team plays has its flaws, particularly early on in the season, yet every empirical measure would have us higher than #7. Massey, SOS and RPI all would have us higher than #7, but there is an even more telling empirical measure than that in our favor. We have done better against our common opponent with Louisville and common opponents with South Carolina. We played those common opponents on the road, plus it's not like teams look past UConn. Do you really think Ohio State snoozed on us but thought, "Oh, we're playing Louisville tonight, we must get up for this one!" Meanwhile, South Carolina also has a loss to a team ranked below UConn in this ranking. Nothing empirical would have us at 7. As low as 5, yes, if you make negative assumptions about UConn in relation to some other teams, but not 7 even with all possible negative assumptions that cannot be empirically tested. [/QUOTE]