Bac, we agree on a LOT of stuff hoops. But you are someone who is extremely analytical when it comes to overall schedule and non stop complaining about RU or SOS.
If you can get a neutral game against an almost certain Top 50 NET opponent and win, at a location that is probably 65/35 RU fans, how does that not make sense in the bigger resume picture??
Sparty would have to be Top 30 to be a Q1 win, but only Top 50 if it's considered neutral. We both know Q1 wins, is THE #1 determining factor when separating teams with similar resumes.
I would play Sparty at MSG vs playing in some ho-hum, not on a major network, Thanksgiving holiday tournament vs some random team. And we will have other quality resume games home, neutral, away with our typical B1G schedule and conference tournament.
Saturday at MSG is a grandslam.....Tuesday or Wednesday night in early December at MSG is absolutely not.