[Stardust]

Anytime you take two of your better scorers out of the game, the chances your opponent has of winning have increased. Also, Ginyard is the vocal leader of this team so that increases CoC's chances of winning, not to mention the game was at CoC. So going into this game the chances of an upset where pretty darn good, wouldn't you agree?

The level of basketball competition between a mid-major and a team from the power 6 conferences has incresed. Today's guards on mid-major programs are just about as good if not better than some guards on some of the more elite teams in the country. That's why you see games between a mid-major and a power 6 conference team rather competitive. Heck, even the NAIA have some teams that would be able to compete with a lot of power conference teams. i.e. Georgetown College vs. Louisville scrimmages of the past few seasons. They've been competitive and Louisville has still made it to the field of 64 every season and Georgetown College hasn't even won the NAIA during those seasons. Only true distinctive advantage nowadays a power conference team has over a mid-major is a true big man.

Solid post :Thumbs: