[letthebighogroot]

Then we respectfully disagree on the ranking and matchups.

As for the State game last year, well I was at the game too. It's too easy to blame referees. Freethrows, Rebounds and Turnovers were not in the hands of the referees.

As for the coaching, that is a very vague comparison. I guess the only measure is how one coach does when matched up against the other. Since EC's only game against a top 20 team is not until Mason Co, it's hard to make any comparisons for this year. We've already seen the other teams in the top 5 play each other, and they will have additional matchups against each other as the season progresses.

I agree, its easy to blame the refs...............Apparently you were one of the few that didn't agree while boos echoed down on the Rupp floor while Miller was playing by different rules............There was a reason 13,000 out of 15,000 were booing.............. As for freethrows, rebounds, and turnovers........If you have the numbers for both teams in this matchup I would be interested to see them........... As for top 5 teams matching up against one another........... If you look at the map.............You will see that Elliott is a good distance from the teams ahead of them.........But, In your opinion EC should have broke the bank traveling inside the state to play these teams........Interesting........