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Message: [QUOTE="AZHuskiePop, post: 4472205, member: 1609"] When you been around as long as I things like being ranked number. 1 in Dec are nice but are almost irrelevant. Certainly not worth losing sleep over. When you look back on this season years from now the most important thing you remember is Your last game in the tourney . Thats unfair but true. You also remembered the players you loved as individuals interestingly they get better with age . Where you are ranked in March is important for seeding and hopefully buys you an easy first round game . After that it’s on you. Our 2005 was 38-4 ranked 1 on a number of occasions , won the Big East regular season and conference championships in the most brutal league ever , yet are forever vilified for an overtime loss in the round of 8 to a mid major and tagged with the label underachiever. I don’t think 2011 or 2014 we were ever ranked 1 but teams that were would kill to exchange those rankings for our NC . I guess for guys who haven’t been to a rodeo in a long time or ever it’s a warm feeling. Enjoy the ride but don’t let it overwhelm you. The good thing about basketball is sport writers really have no say in who wins as all arguments get settled on the court . [/QUOTE]