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Message: [QUOTE="LETTERL, post: 3829313, member: 4687"] No, not at all. That's not what I'm saying. There are a lot of variables that go into determining the final score of a basketball game...you just can't look at the final score and say "Well, Team A should have really dominated Team B"...especially in a season when a lot of teams have to pause and get out of rhythm. I suspect that is not being taken into account by these NET rating algorithms. Wins are important, for sure, It's nice if you can dominate a weak team by 35 or 40 points in a league that doesn't have quality depth...but in the major conferences there are often six or seven teams that can beat anyone on any given night. Because a lot of these teams beat up on each other, the overall records look less than stellar, which affects the computer ratings. Then a win by a team like Virginia Tech, for example, crushes a team like NC State's NET rating, when VaTech could very well have had 4 or 5 more wins if -- oh, never mind. I give up. It is a complicated issue...trying to figure out exactly who the best teams are. Hopefully, we will have a national tournament this year to settle the issue once and for all. [/QUOTE]