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Originally Posted by Jon Rycek
None of those teams are actually good though
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You're pretty off base with that take.
Illinois and Arkansas were both ranked 8-12 spots higher than us last season in the final NET ranking and are both considered programs on the rise in their respective conferences that are definitively high major.
Kansas State was bad last season but they're also one season removed from a 4 seed - while also playing in one of college basketball's best conferences, so it's not like they're that far removed from national prominence.
This is the best type of neutral site arrangement we could ask for other than something like the Maui Invitational, which we're playing in the following season.