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<blockquote data-quote="Hopingfor500" data-source="post: 1612880" data-attributes="member: 746590"><p>The Big Ten had two # 1's and two #2's. There is no rational reason to potentially(up to Michigan at this point) not have ONE team out if nine make it to the Sweet 16. With all due respect to Oral Roberts and North Texas, the argument that a #15 seed and a #13 seed were unfavorable matchups is a reach and a crazy one at that. Let's be honest, Iowa and Illinois got stomped. I can agree that those were tough matchups, but Illinois never had one lead and never truly threatened Loyola and Iowa got thoroughly smashed. That's 4 of the top 5 teams in the conference. It remains to be seen what Michigan does. </p><p></p><p>To date, only Rutgers, Maryland and Wisconsin have had wins over reputable competition.</p><p></p><p>There's no sugar coating this. The conference is going to have to own this, take their medicine (as Ayo said) and accept the criticism, all of which has been earned.</p><p></p><p>Focusing in on Illinois, in the non conference, I believe we played three tournament teams(Baylor, Missouri and Ohio). We lost two and were one minute from dropping all three.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hopingfor500, post: 1612880, member: 746590"] The Big Ten had two # 1's and two #2's. There is no rational reason to potentially(up to Michigan at this point) not have ONE team out if nine make it to the Sweet 16. With all due respect to Oral Roberts and North Texas, the argument that a #15 seed and a #13 seed were unfavorable matchups is a reach and a crazy one at that. Let's be honest, Iowa and Illinois got stomped. I can agree that those were tough matchups, but Illinois never had one lead and never truly threatened Loyola and Iowa got thoroughly smashed. That's 4 of the top 5 teams in the conference. It remains to be seen what Michigan does. To date, only Rutgers, Maryland and Wisconsin have had wins over reputable competition. There's no sugar coating this. The conference is going to have to own this, take their medicine (as Ayo said) and accept the criticism, all of which has been earned. Focusing in on Illinois, in the non conference, I believe we played three tournament teams(Baylor, Missouri and Ohio). We lost two and were one minute from dropping all three. [/QUOTE]
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