I love how they wait until the last possible minute to announce who plays where. Who needs time to get time off from work, buy plane tickets, make hotel reservations, etc.
I can't believe there's this much gnashing of teeth over Utah State. Once everyone gets into the heart of their conference schedule, they'll drop some in NET, even if they keep winning, as power conference teams' SOS steadily increase.
But, they were a 28-win at-large tournament team last year who easily beat TCU in the first round. They finished the season ranked 22 in the AP poll. Their NET ranking right now, while maybe a little inflated (which is a necessary symptom of small sample sizes), isn't really THAT out of line with perception. They are 8-0 and probably will get to 11-0 before they face three tough road games in a row.
The other day I mentioned a few kinda/sorta under the radar non-power-conference teams to keep an eye on, and I didn't even mention Utah State because I thought that was obvious. Falslev is no joke...
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