Originally Posted by
scottdude8
When I told a buddy yesterday about Butler beating Indiana, his first response was negative—he dreaded Duke being ranked No. 1. In his mind, either A) some sort of curse brings about something bad when the Blue Devils are No. 1, or B) It brings way too much attention onto the team, often exposing faults and leads to a sort of overreaction when we eventually lose.
I'm of a somewhat opposite mindset: while I wholeheartedly believe ranking mean very little at this point (or really, any) in the season, I think come tourney time being in the spotlight for as long as we are No. 1 is positive in the selection committee's eyes because they end up watching us play more, and we end up playing in more "high-pressure" situations.
I'm curious to see what others feel about this question, or if people even care about the rankings at this point in the season. Any thoughts?
If it's a problem, it's a nice problem to have. I'd love to be dealing with this conundrum every season.
That being said, it doesn't matter much to me anyways. But I'll certainly take the good start. More often than not, if we've been #1 at any point in the season, we've had substantial success towards the end.
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