Who was this SIU-Edwardsville you speak of??? That was Clemson!

That loss last night certainly left me reeling. Fortunately, Wayne's World was on when I got home, so I thought that would make me feel better (which it did, temporarily). However, I woke up this morning still trying to get that bad loss out of my head and I was having trouble doing so.

The following "Fuzzy Kevin Bacon Math" is my new approach. Through 16 or 17 degrees of separation, I'm basically going to take last nights' loss as one to either Illinois or Clemson. How? Consider that, using game results from this season, we can show the following:

• SIU-Edwardsville beat Drake last night, 60-58
• Drake beat Austin Peay, 78-72
• Austin Peay beat Niagra, 69-67
• Niagra beat Drexel, 76-69
• Drexel beat Vermont, 74-61
• Vermont beat Buffalo, 58-57
• Buffalo beat Army, 74-67
• Army beat Long Island, 63-56
• Long Island beat St. Peter's, 77-71
• St. Peter's beat Iona, 56-54
• Iona beat Boston University, 82-73
• Boston University beat Northeastern, 69-64
• Northeastern beat Utah State, 64-61
• Utah State beat BYU, 71-61
• BYU beat Bradley, 70-60
• Bradley beat Illinois, 72-68
• Illinois beat Clemson, 76-74

Last night's loss was one for the ages. However, I'm just going to use my "Fuzzy Kevin Bacon Math" above to act like we lost to a Big 10 or ACC team.