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I was kind of with you until you brought in South Carolina. They would barely be .500 in the AAC. They beat ECU at home by 7. That same ECU is 4-4 in the AAC which brings me to my next point. The SEC, and other power conference schools, really avoid playing mid-majors and law-majors on the road. It's a loss for them no matter what. They lose on ticket sales, the win doesn't benefit them much, and if they lose, it hurts them too much. Alabama played 2 road OOC games this year, one at Purdue and one at #292 5-15 North Dakota who they beat by 7. Alabama also beat McNeese at home by 7 while we got them on the road. Florida, Texas A&M and Auburn each played 1 true road OOC game and Tennessee played 2 while Kentucky played zero. Without going through every schedule, I think you get the point. We look at Memphis as our conference's standard and they went 2-2 against the mighty SEC. When AAC teams take Memphis down to the wire, is it really that hard to see the gap isn't at large as people think it is? We, and others, just need true opportunities. The P4s buy home games and take their risky games to neutral sites because most don't want to play tough road games. Then we wonder why 30 P4 teams make the tournament and 20 get canned the first round.

I feel exactly the same as the writer does about Kinne.

Seeing it in print kind of lets you know where you are.

Great news. Getting our softball and volleyball teams out of high school facilities should be a higher priority than a new basketball arena, IMO.