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Message: [QUOTE="auror, post: 3871583, member: 1329"] The point is that you said the B1G has manipulated the ratings. They didn't manipulate anything. It worked out in their favor. There's no malicious plot. It's just that we thought they'd be good heading into the season (Garza back, Ayo + Kofi back, Wisconsin returned everybody, Indiana returned Trayce, Rutgers has their best team in a while, Mich and OSU had talent, MSU still has Izzo and experience, etc.) and then as a conference had the best nonconf win% while playing the most combined games of any of the conferences. I agree many of those wins came against mediocre teams, but they didn't really have any bad losses, either. The conference's worst loss in the nonconf is to like Pitt at home or @Miami. I think the conference has 1 out of high major loss (to Nevada, by Nebraska, who are both in the 90s in KenPom). I think all the rest of the conferences losses are Q1 or Q2. The Big East also doesn't really have many bad losses (thank goodness Depaul only played 2 non-conf games). But played a lot fewer games overall (something like 25 fewer nonconf games). And was expected to have a down year after having major talent drain... and has had a down year. So if anything, we're the surest about the quality of the B1G than we are about any of the conferences. We thought they'd be good, and they played pretty good. They've got 6 teams in the top 25 on KenPom. Is that even worth getting worked up about? That seems about right. [/QUOTE]

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