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With UConn's loss to Memphis, we should get this thread started. Hat tip to @fidel for reminding me. Memphis now holds the Walton Belt. Memphis plays Michigan State today in Maui, so the Belt could move around this week.
Here's the backstory on the Walton Belt, started by the late great Al Featherstone, based on commentary by the late great Bill Walton.
Alas, the Belt will not reside in the Pac-10 Conference of Champions this year, as that conference is also late and great.
Original 2015-2016 thread
2016-2017 thread
More links to some later years
Here's the backstory on the Walton Belt, started by the late great Al Featherstone, based on commentary by the late great Bill Walton.
I was watching the Cal-Stanford game last night (great win for Johnny D's kids) and Bill Walton was doing the game.
He said that Cal was No. 1 because they just beat No. 1 (Arizona) and that's the way "algebra" works -- to be No. 1 you have to beat No. 1 (don't get me started on his use of the word algebra).
Even if you concede his system, there was a flaw in his reasoning -- Arizona never beat No. 1 ... they were voted No. 1 by the pollsters.
So who should be No. 1 in the Walton Universe?
That depends on who starts as No. 1.
If you start with preseason No. 1 Kentucky, it goes from Kentucky to Michigan State to UNC to Texas to Michigan State again to Michigan and most recently to Indiana, which hasn't lost since beating Michigan.
But you could start with the defending national champ -- Louisville. In that case, it goes from Louisville to UNC to UAB to LSU to Rhode Island to St. Louis, which is still No. 1.
Which do you think has the better case? Indiana? Or St. Louis?
Alas, the Belt will not reside in the Pac-10 Conference of Champions this year, as that conference is also late and great.
Original 2015-2016 thread
2016-2017 thread
More links to some later years
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