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Big East Coast Bias posted a question yesterday asking which non-conference win was the best. I think it would interesting to explore that question ourselves.

Here's how I would rank them:

1. Villanova @ Purdue
2. Villanova @ Notre Dame
3. Butler vs. IU (neutral)
4. Seton Hall vs. South Carolina (neutral)
5. Creighton vs. Wisconsin (home)
6. Butler vs. Arizona (neutral)
7. Butler vs. Cincinnati (home)
8. Georgetown @ Syracuse
9. Xavier vs. Clemson (neutral)
10. Providence vs. Rhode Island (home)

milksteak wrote:Big East Coast Bias posted a question yesterday asking which non-conference win was the best. I think it would interesting to explore that question ourselves.

Here's how I would rank them:

1. Villanova @ Purdue
2. Villanova @ Notre Dame
3. Butler vs. IU (neutral)
4. Seton Hall vs. South Carolina (neutral)
5. Creighton vs. Wisconsin (home)
6. Butler vs. Arizona (neutral)
7. Butler vs. Cincinnati (home)
8. Georgetown @ Syracuse
9. Xavier vs. Clemson (neutral)
10. Providence vs. Rhode Island (home)

Yesterday's Butler win would be at the top of my list.

I'd put the Butler win vs. Indiana at 2nd, the Nova/ND was in Newark so it was a neutral site game.

Georgetown beat Oregon and Oregon is ranked 22 right now. They are definitely a better team than Syracuse though personally I'd much rather have the win over Syracuse if choosing between the two.

marcusee wrote:Georgetown beat Oregon and Oregon is ranked 22 right now. They are definitely a better team than Syracuse though personally I'd much rather have the win over Syracuse if choosing between the two.

Forgot about that one. Good call.

How does Creighton over Oral Roberts not make the list?

just looking at my computer- the list of best 10 wins(10th is a tie).....
Seton Hall vs #15 South Carolina
Villanova @ #16 Purdue
Villanova vs #23 Notre Dame
Butler h vs #28 Northwestern
Butler h vs #29 Cincinnati
Butler vs #30 Arizona
Creighton h vs #33 Wisconsin
Butler vs #35 Indiana
Georgetown vs #36 Oregon
Villanova vs #42 Wake Forest
Xavier h vs #42 Wake Forest

sciencejay wrote:How does Creighton over Oral Roberts not make the list?

Haha. A win is a win. No one will care a day later as long as you win.

Butler over Indiana would be 1 on my list.

Nova ND was a neutral court (and that's pushing it...Seton Hall's home court, and rather biased towards Nova).