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<blockquote data-quote="Deleted member 631370" data-source="post: 1359955"><p>The bolded is exactly right.</p><p></p><p>The home court is huge in college basketball. If Vegas is making somebody a 5 point favorite in a semi-home game, then Vegas is essentially saying that the two teams are fairly equal on a completely neutral floor. </p><p></p><p>A good argument can indeed be made that NMSU is a better team than us. Some of us said this even before Saturday's game. But rather, others fall back on the school name without critically examining the matchup, and just assume that Illinois is the obvious "better team". </p><p></p><p>Are they a better "program"? No. A program, to me, means more than just the past 7-8 years of results. Is Vanderbilt as good of a football program as Tennessee just because the past 7-8 years have been similar? Is Butler as good a hoops program as Indiana? Of course not. </p><p></p><p>But don't let that cloud the analysis of the specific Illinois vs. NMSU game. It was a game between very evenly matched teams, with NMSU enjoying the edge in experience. As such, they won a very tight game. Let's not extrapolate too much beyond that reality. This is a different conversation had we lost by 20. But we didn't.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deleted member 631370, post: 1359955"] The bolded is exactly right. The home court is huge in college basketball. If Vegas is making somebody a 5 point favorite in a semi-home game, then Vegas is essentially saying that the two teams are fairly equal on a completely neutral floor. A good argument can indeed be made that NMSU is a better team than us. Some of us said this even before Saturday's game. But rather, others fall back on the school name without critically examining the matchup, and just assume that Illinois is the obvious "better team". Are they a better "program"? No. A program, to me, means more than just the past 7-8 years of results. Is Vanderbilt as good of a football program as Tennessee just because the past 7-8 years have been similar? Is Butler as good a hoops program as Indiana? Of course not. But don't let that cloud the analysis of the specific Illinois vs. NMSU game. It was a game between very evenly matched teams, with NMSU enjoying the edge in experience. As such, they won a very tight game. Let's not extrapolate too much beyond that reality. This is a different conversation had we lost by 20. But we didn't. [/QUOTE]
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