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Message: [QUOTE="sun, post: 4232277, member: 11664"] I'll admit that I've been biased about Stanford being the team to beat all season. Even though it was only a 1 point loss that Kentucky may not be able to repeat if they ever played again, I'm surprised by how soft the support is for SC to remain #1 among those polled. Rhyne Howard is All American and has won tons of awards. Some have said she's the best player in the country. And Edwards was able to make crazy good shots when she needed to. IMO the softness in the voting that supports SC to remain #1 reflects the relative strength of SC to win it all. They've hung on by a thread, but now there's a lot of doubt all due a single point loss. And it's not just to an unranked team, but to a team that should have been ranked. It shows that if they can mis-rank Kentucky properly for this much of the season then they're capable of mis-ranking SC too. And also, the nature of the game and the amateur young adults who play NCAA BB is all wishy washy. They're not pros. they're only young adults and some are slightly more talented than others which can give a team an edge on any given night. It's like betting on dog races, you never know who will win because youth are not always as consistent as they could be. There's plenty of excuses but it still comes down to having a hunch, or biorhythms, or the alignment of the stars. You never know how much sleep any kid will get the night before a game or what they're going to eat for lunch that might affect their game. A lot of them aren't old enough to develop superstitions like the pros do. I think that which team is truly #1 is highly elusive and a lot is based on wishful thinking. Not every team in the top 10 - 16 will ever play each other under tourney conditions, and throw in referees and you never know what could happen. All we know is that a bunch of AP voters now suddenly have a doubt about their choice to be #1. Being #1 or #2 doesn't really matter, it's only a story line and at this juncture, the focus is on how SC has a target on its back, and Kentucky got lucky and hit the bullseye. [/QUOTE]

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