Your second paragraph is sensible. A whole lot of conjecture in para 1 though (team A beat B, so C is better than B, etc). Uconn has talent, I fully agree with that. But they have beaten almost nobody. 4 Q1 wins are nice and all, but peel the onion a bit. What are those wins. Only USC is remotely impressive. The Big East has a bunch of teams at 500 or worse. It is just really, really down talent-wise right now. Watching several games, most teams look mid-majorish. Nova and uconn, and I would say Georgetown based on athleticism, look like high majors. The others, Creighton absolutely included, look like over-achieving MAC squads. Which Creighton pretty much was until joining the BE a few years ago.