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Originally Posted by nfotiu
Congrats to Zags fans, and it is a solid achievement. But man, that's a pretty cake schedule to get a number one. I see one decent victory there, and they lost to a couple teams that aren't looking so hot any more (We just beat Butler by 32 points!).
They usually play a tougher schedule than that. Time for them to move up a conference though, the WCC is pretty weak. Too bad they weren't a little closer, they'd be a nice addition to the A10.
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They do have wins over the current 9th ranked team and the current 13th ranked team. St Mary's is ranked in the coaches' poll, and the Zags are obviously 2-0 against them. So, Against currently ranked (in either poll) teams, the Zags are 4-0.
One of the Zags' two losses is on a last second shot to lose by 1 - against a Butler team that had won 12 straight coming into the game.
The other loss was to a team that was 9-0 coming into the game, and really was a much closer game that the 11 point final differential.
Of course, they never are going to have a super difficult schedule playing in the WCC. They do however, have the best record in the NCAA by far.
Also, If Indiana is the top school from a major conference, they lost to the same two teams that the Zags lost to this season.