Bucky, Bucky, Bucky....Shut up and play. The 3 seed is no big deal. No respect? Here is your opportunity. Get to the Regionals and beat the 2 seed. Then you will get the respect that you think you deserve.
Look at the Big 10's "non-conference' RPI. It is either 6th or 7th (Jerry Palm feels the "non-conference" RPI is the best gauge of the strength of a league). At one time it was below the A-10 and may still be. Look at the so-called Big 10/ACC Challenge. The Big 10s record is dismal in the Challenge. Facts are facts. Win and you will get respect. Large fan bases, which most Big 10 schools, like Wisconsin, do not translate into respect by others, either in basketball or football, only WINS do.
Advance beyond your seed (as well as tsome of the other Big 10 schools) and you will earn respect.
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