Bison137
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03-15-12 12:21 PM - Post#126234
In response to mattie g
I got the impression from this game that if we played them 10 times on a neutral court that we would win the majority of the games. This did not have the feel of a big upset to me.
That said, doing it in front of 7500 on a night that they didn't get another chance was very sweet.
100% behind you on that. We weren't outmatched in any way, and I feel like we were simply the better team.
While BU may well have been the better team last night, I think if you look at the two teams' performance over the full year that it is clear that Arizona was much stronger in total:
- Prior to the game, Arizona had a Pomeroy ranking about 50 spots higher than BU.
- Arizona was 4th in the PAC-12 with a 12-6 record and won two tournament games to get to the semis.
- Arizona was in Lunardi's group as one of the "last teams out" in terms of getting an NCAA at-large bid.
- Arizona has the following ooc wins on their resume: a 9 pt win at St Johns, a 7 pt road win over a good New Mexico State team, a 16 pt win over Clemson. Also 8 or 9 pt wins over Duquesne and Valpo.
- Their PAC-12 wins included: Oregon State, Cal (road), Stanford (road - 13 pts), Colorado (14 pts), UCLA, UCLA again (tournament), and Oregon State again (tournament). Cal and Colorado both made the NCAA, and Stanford and UCLA were both top 50 teams (Pomeroy).
So I have to think this win was an upset, albeit a well-earned one.
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