CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. -- Last weekend's matchup between Boston College and Saint Louis offered the perfect look into the cross-section of college basketball. The pregame hype was as obvious as its base components. A very good Atlantic 10 team drew an ACC team at home, but the respect owed to a team out of a perceived power conference couldn't overcome the resume of a very good basketball program.
Searching for the truth led directly to the middle ground between the two teams, but it likely didn't mean much after one team played better than the other on that particular day.