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Originally posted by jbduke
Since at latest January, everybody who has followed college basketball has believed that Illinois was one of the two best teams in the country. During that period, I don't think that there was any confusion that Illinois was in the Big Televen.

Top 2? Yeah, with all those unanimous #1 rankings and being #1 for the last 15 weeks, there were plenty of people who thought they were second best.

Originally posted by jbduke
Am I supposed to give the Big Ten a lot of credit because Wisconsin made the elight eight? Let's take another look at their path: first round, they beat eleventh seed Northern Iowa, one of the last two teams in the tournament. Second round, they benefit from the biggest upset of the tournament, Bucknell over Kansas. Third round, nice win, but over ten-seed NC State.

One of the last two teams in the tournament? They were an 11 seed not 16.

And UNC had to play a really tough schedule, far harder than Wisconsin's, don't forget that. Oakland was a tough game.

Originally posted by jbduke
Again, this shouldn't change anyone's perception of the strength of the Big Ten. And for those that want to talk about how well they played UNC, I propose a thought experiment. If 'Sconsin had been an eight or nine, and played Carolina tight before falling in the second round, would anyone be falling all over themselves talking about how much better the Big Ten was than the so-called experts had said? No way.

I think being down by 3 with under two minutes to go is a lot more than "playing tight". UNC only won by 6.

Why are you switching around the seedings? That makes no sense. What is UNC was a 4 seed and...

Originally posted by jbduke
I don't understand why Michigan State, Illinois and Wisconsin fans can't simply be thrilled with their performances and stop there. They're insulting the public when they say that the last two weeks mean that everybody else's eyes were lying to them all year.

I don't understand why the east coast thinks they are superior to everyone else.