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Message: [QUOTE="Bone Dog, post: 4589263, member: 12088"] You see, this is what I mean. I'm not talking about teams that made the tourney, and I don't know why you think that's the issue. You haven't understood me at all. Maybe it's my fault for not being clear. If you want to compare OOC schedules -- I don't know why you insist on this, but whatever -- [B]then do it based on what we all could plainly see about those teams during the OOC portion of the season[/B]. Who did SC play in November? ETSU (101-31), MD (81-56), Clemson (85-31), Stanford (76-71 OT), Cal Poly (79-36), Hampton (85-38), UCLA (73-64) -- 2 real games (Stanford and UCLA) and one semi-real game (MD w/o Miller) and 4 undeniable cupcakes. Who did they play in December? Memphis, Liberty, SDSU, Charleston Southern, Coastal Carolina, Texas A&M -- all cupcakes [B]at that moment[/B]. SDSU had already lost 5 games out of 12, and Texas A&M was 5-6. SDSU pulled it's act together and finished 29-6 after this game, but that's not indicative of what they were capable of in this game. Now we can finish the comparison to UConn's OOC schedule if you like, and SC's OOC schedule will look even weaker. [B]But that would have nothing to do with my point, as you ought to know.[/B] This entire thing came from one stray remark you latched onto, namely that we don't have to pretend all the teams in SC's bracket are cupcakes in order to make ourselves feel better about the possibility SC could be upset. Instead, I suggested, we should recognize their likely current matchups as teams that are pretty good now, capable of playing really well, and that SC might have to dig deep to beat them, like they did against Stanford, UCLA and UCONN, and even Ole Miss. We might enjoy watching those games a lot more that way, and appreciate just how good SC is even more fully. Now, have I made myself clear enough for you? Or do you want to continue running the comparison to UConn's OOC schedule, as if that had any relevance? [/QUOTE]

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