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A couple days back Pastner (please don't stop reading) had some really interesting things to say on SVP and Russilo... http://espn.go.com/espnradio/play?id=10556918

There is a lot of truth in what he says college basketball is today. There really aren't any dominant teams anymore. You could argue it's because of the one and done trend. I personally think it's a combination of that and the fact there are a lot more good players out there to choose from. The talent level between the 200th ranked team and 1 are not that far a part anymore. The CUSA is a perfect example. We have a 4 way tie for first with teams with 4 losses! I honestly don't think its means this conference is weak. Every team in our conference (even us) can drop 10 3's on any given night. This makes it really hard to consistently win. The top half of our conference is pretty even as far as talent goes. The difference in how these teams have played has come down to coaching and just pure luck. I suppose my point of writing this is to assure myself that we didn't totally blow this year. Our record at this point is a result of a competitive conference and a coach who is still learning the trade.