The Best 12-Loss Team in the Nation!

Utah is without a doubt, the best 12-loss team in the nation. I know that is a really bold statement to make but let me back it up with some facts.

First off though, congratulations are in order for the Utes knocking off the 11th/13th ranked team in the nation, the team that was tied for the longest winning streak in the nation, the team that beat Colorado by 38, Waake Forest by 36 and Stanford by 34 - aka Air Force. It was a heck of a game. Utah did try and give the game away - that's the only thing they are truly good at this year but, They also shot 71% from the floor. This negated the costly turnovers at the end of the game. Now if only the students wouldn't have 'stormed the court' because I think that is retarded - especially when it is only your 6th win out of 18 games and there are only 200 students there. What dorks...

Now back to the best 12-loss team in the nation. First off, lets take a look at who they are up against for this coveted award.

Maryland-Baltimore County
New Hampshire
St. Bonaventure
Kennesaw State
Stetson
Sacramento State
Radford
Virginia Military
James Madison
Northeastern
Cleveland State
California-Davis
Ball State
Northern Illinois
UMKC
Centenary
Bethune-Cookman
Mount St Mary's
Southeast Missouri State
Lehigh
Elon
Citadel
Texas-San Antonio
Alabama State
Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Loyola Marymount
Louisiana Tech

That's pretty impressive company. Only 22 conferences even have a teams with 12 or more losses. Utah is taking the MWC to a whole notha' level. Of the 12-loss teams mentioned above, 9 have more wins than Utah. This is obviously because they have played more games.

Utah has three impressive wins. The first came against a previously undefeated Washington State. Even now they are the #21 team in the coaches poll. Their second (and most dominant) came against Virginia who has beaten Arizona, Gonzaga and Maryland. Utah's most impressive win came last night against Air Force. Air Force is one of the hottest teams in the country and before last night, their only loss had come at Duke.

Only four of Utah's twelve losses have come by more than 4 points (One by 6, one by 9, one by 16 and one by, ahem, 33). This is the stat that leads me to belive that they are the best 12-loss team in the country. Utah's lone 4 point loss came in overtime. All of the other 7 losses were by one possession or less. Unbelieveable. It may just be that Coach Giacoletti doesn't have any luck. Urban Meyer has luck (and now a ring). Coach Giacoletti needs to talk to him.

Therefore, unless anybody can shoot me down then I will continue to yell: We're number 268! We're number 268! (They're only that high because I'm assuming that they are better than 3 11-loss teams as well - Maybe that's cheating...).