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[QUOTE="DoctahLexus, post: 5595630, member: 6798"]
If we were to take a team like UConn as an example, what should we take more away from, that they beat Kansas and Illinois, or that they stomped Columbia by 37? When you are the clearly superior team it is easier to run up the score with momentum, the other team mentally checking out since winning is hopeless, the losing team subbing out starters because it is not worth it to have them get hurt, etc. Meanwhile you can keep your starters in and run it up right until the final whistle. I am far more impressed by the closer wins against other teams that have beat quality teams than stomping a team that was dead from the start.

When a system values stomping a clearly inferior team then that system can be easily gamed. We have this big trend of teams scheduling a lot more cupcakes in the early season as a result. I want a system that moves away from their being incentive to crush a bunch of cupcakes in your OOC. It was flawed before but IMO less flawed than this current model. You play to win the game, not to win it by a certain score.
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