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[QUOTE="arbitragegls, post: 566633, member: 302"]
Great question and I am sure SWC could add to this and do a better job.  But here goes:
 
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[*]'Cuse has played 11 games against the top teams in the BE
[*]All these games have been played in the last 15 games played
[*]'Cuse has outscored averagely these teams by 7 points
[*]--59.5 to 52.5
[*]--'Cuse overall average in BE
[*]    --offense: 64.1 and defensively: 57.2
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Interestingly, 'Cuse has given up fewer points to the top BE teams then averagely for whole BE season
Unfortunately, 'Cuse has scored about 5 points a game less against these top teams
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[*]If 'Cuse scored those 5 points against the top teams we have lost to, 'Cuse would have beaten: Marquette, Louisville and Nova making our BE record stand at 14-4 and tied for conference title with GT.
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I do not believe the season has been lost.  I do believe that the team played the most difficult schedule in the conference...did not play a bottom 1/2 team more than once.  The 'Cuse schedule was brutal and all those top team games were playyed at the end of the season.  Based on this analysis, feel free to take shots--hopefully scoring on some--the worry about 'Cuse may be off the mark--like most of the shots taken over the past few weeks.
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