Indiana has been ranked number one in the country on two separate occasions this season. They then end up getting beat shortly after receiving that ranking. This time it was unranked Illinois doing the number on them.
How is this different than college football when the number one team gets beat week after week? Well, for one thing, it doesn't affect who gets invited to The Dance at the end of the the season. For another, the loss doesn't hurt Indiana's chances of winning the National Title.
Losses simply don't mean anything in college basketball. Everybody just plays all of these meaningless games, treading water until the the tournament starts. Even the Gophers are going to be invited this year and they've lost 5 of their last 6 Big Ten games.
HOW is that even possible? If losses really don't matter now, why do you even play the season?
The ONLY winning streak you need is at season's END. That just seems wrong.
Oh, and the Wild got beat again last night, too.
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