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[QUOTE="HoustonCuse, post: 222236, member: 87"]
From the "Last 15 Games" Thread, our schedule this calendar year is absolutely superior to Kentucky's and the other leaders for #1 seeds:
 
Consider what our schedule has looked like over our last 15 games:

12 of those 15 games were against RPI Top 100 teams
We are 7-1 versus the RPI Top 50
(footnote 1)

11 of the 15 games were against projected NCAA Tournament Teams
We are 9-2 versus tourney teams (4-2 away from home)
(footnote 2)

6 of the 15 games were true road games
8 of the 15 games were away from home
We are 5-1 in true road games
We are 6-2 away from home

I know the prevailing wisdom is we are playing an NEC quality schedule and that we can barely beat anyone, but does Kentucky have 9 wins against NCAA tournament teams in their last 15 games? No. Does Duke? No. Does UNC? No.

UK 6-0 versus projected tourney teams
Duke 2-2
UNC 3-2
Kansas 5-3

Nobody has played a tougher slate - or certainly nobody has done better against a tough slate. When you look at our schedule - we've basically been in the NCAA tourney since mid January.

footnotes:
1. RPI through Thurs (several of these teams have bumped up their RPI since then, for instance Cinci was #69 thursday - they could move into top 50 which would make us 8-2)

2. Using Lunardi's latest bracketology
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