Again, with the condescension. Dude, let me put it out there for you. You are nowhere near as smart as you seem to think you are. If you were, you wouldn't attempt to stack arguments in your favor. Guess what, that crap doesn't work with me.
You still haven't answered my question. Was Texas or was Texas not playing much better basketball at the time of their meeting with MSU.
If it comes across as condescension, it's only because it's a response in keeping with the tone of what it responded to.
Dude, having a basic ability to stretch out a thought and hold stake to it is not a) feeling super smart and all-knowing, nor b) implied omniscience of any kind. It's an opinon with backing, which is better than just a simple opinion. You probably know that already.
You said "if simple Ws dont matter why talk about quality wins?" and then I pointed out how those two things are not related. That is all. Sorry if you felt it was condescension, I was just making it clear.
As for the ol' kenpom line again: they are not HIS stats, they are the numerical language of what has occurred in basketball games that we watch. Using a statistic is just a concise way of stating a point, or highlighting an element of the game without having to write 4 paragraphs about it.
You know the game, bigpapavol, so many times a number alone should be able to tell you a larger story.
Texas lost to arkansas like 2 weeks later, so no, I don't believe they were playing their best basketball at that time. I'm sure you watched the game just like I did, and noted how frequently texas turned the ball over to a not-so-typically-thieving MSU D.
