You can give me your convenient hypothetical situation but I'm not sure I believe your point spread theory that has no evidence to back it up besides your biased opinion.
Biased opinion? It is based on KenPom rankings. Point spreads open 95% of the time within one or two points of what KP says (if no injury issues). So no it is not biased at all.
I can still credit a win at home against ND and a win on the road at Santa Clara, just not the same amount because they aren't as equally impressive.
My assessment is based on numbers. Yours is based on an opinion, and you ave barely seen one team play (if at all).
If you were to say a home win against DePaul or maybe even a Seton Hall or Rutgers then maybe, but not a top 25 tournament team compared to a team that's 1 game over .500 in a mediocre conference.
If we were unsure about your biased opinion it became clear now. You compare a home win against DePaul or Seton Hall or Rutgers to beating Santa Clara on the road? Are you serious?
To take it a step further your theory is still flawed because even if you want to equate a home win against a big east ncaa tournament team to a road win against a 1st round NIT loser, then what part of Gonzaga's schedule do I use to equate the road wins at Villanova, Cinn, SJU etc.
My theory is not that Gonzaga's conference schedule is an equal. Never was. Of course, you cannot matcj line by line My argument is that they can be viewed as a top competitor, and people need to be more open minded about certain of their recent conference wins. (Not many power conference teams ave won 3 consecutive top 100 contests on the road in conference this year).
Once again you are attacking a claim I did not make. I am not saying 27-2 in tje WCC is equal to 27-2 in tje Beast. But is it comparable to 25-4 or 24-5? That is really the debate is it not?
I dont need to prove that Gonzaga is clearly the best, to say they are legitimate contenders. I am simply claiming they are in the group -- a legit one seed
Gonzaga played 13 top 100 contests vs Syracuse 18. Its a comparable sample size level that I think a KenPOm rating of #4 is a fair number to use to assess them.
Lets look at it another way. What is the difference between a Gonzaga schedule and a BEast schedule. (5 less top 100 teams, and 5 top ones). Replace the home and home with Portland and San Diego, with a home and home against Louisville and Georgetown. Its fair to predict 2-2 in those contests (take care of business at home). So we now ave comparable schedules and a 25-4 record.
My eyes also say they are top 5 , but that is certainly pure opinion. A very impressive offence, and talent and depth we can only dream of on the front line.
