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Message: [QUOTE="PoppyHart, post: 194900, member: 515"] I will try (TRY) to respond to each sentence above in order 1. Every game "matters", win or loss. (Is that another controversial statement? Losing at home is worse than losing on the road, other variables being equal. Miami does not have great OOC losses. Florida State and Temple, as I have contended, are strong teams. My statement is that great wins, imo, (MSU, KU, UNC) outweigh bad losses. I consider Miami their only "bad" loss. Temple and FSU are 17 and 23 in the RPI at the moment (For comparison, though I'm sure you'll use it against me, ND is 37.) 2. You are correct that the Marquette and G'town wins were at home. It is undeniable that they, along with ND, are 2nd-4th in the current standings. The wins matter, but they speak to the benefit of the doubt (or lackthereof, depending on your perspective) of our schedule. Whereas MU and KU play twice, MSU-OSU play twice, UNC-Duke play twice, we played those three teams once. Once. At home. The committee will undoubtedly ask "what was the best road win?" The answer may (MAY) be a win against the 5th-6th place finisher. 3.The loss to ND isn't huge in and of itself. The implication that we won't have a great road win may (MAY) be an important factor. I'm not saying Louisville is a bad team. They are a very good team. But they aren't good enough to hang one's hat on. P.S. They went to OT with DePaul today. The same DePaul that you created a "LOL" thread about a month ago. 4. Not sure how to properly define "one of the hottest teams". Yes, they had a, I believe, 6-7 win streak. But if your argument is that a win vs. LOU is somehow better than a win over Baylor, Indiana, Wisconsin, etc... I don't really see that. It's simple a very good win. Nothing more, nothing less. In summary, we are most certainly in the driver's seat for a #1. I never said anything otherwise. If one cannot even contemplate a scenario where we could be surpassed, however, they were born at night. And it was probably 2/17/12. [/QUOTE]

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