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[QUOTE="jncuse, post: 2093732, member: 1969"]
I was not comparing those with the 3-6 teams in the WCC.  I was comparing them with the 2-4 teams in the WCC,

It's quite easy to compare the validity of Gonzaga's record vs the other 3 Pac 12 teams.

I am comparing Six games against USC, Utah, Cal, Stanford vs.  Sis Games against St. Mary's, BYU, and San Francisco (unbalanced schedule).   You can't argue one is harder than the other.   Every game after that is pure fluff that any top 3 seed in America should sweep.  So that component of the schedule is about the same.

The OOC schedule for all 4 teams is of similar difficulty.

So that leaves us with intra-conference games between Arizona, UCLA, and Oregon.

Take away 2 losses from UCLA.   (1-1 vs Arizona, and loss at Oregon)
Take away 2 losses from Arizona. (1-1 vs Arizona, and loss at Oregon)
Take away 1 loss from Oregon (as they only played UCLA on the road and got to play Arizona at home)
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UCLA 28-1
Gonzaga 29-1
Arizona 28-2
Oregon 26-3

Let's assume Gonzaga wins the WCC tourney.   Gonzaga will have to play one more high quality matchup against St. Mary's if they win the WCC conference.  I know you will say they are not that good.  But you can't use analytics to justify top 50 wins by Syracuse, and then ignore a neutral court win against a team with great rankings.  Whether we use RPI, or KP, or BPI, the numbers say it is a great neutral court win.

If UCLA wins the Pac-12 tournament, to me they are the #1 seed.   If they lose the Pac-12 Final after beating Zona or Oregon, it's a 50/50 debate.  If they lose in the Semi's, I give it to Gonzaga.

If Arizona or Oregon win the Pac-12 tournament it is a 50/50 debate.

I think at the end of the day there is no clear cut answer here that we can be confident what the committee will do.   Except if UCLA wins the PAC-12 tournament -- I think that is the only clear cut scenario where the #1 seed is determined.
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