It is even more imperative that we win games like this. Games that on paper we should win. More importantly this is a weaker team in our own conference.
This is the only way we get into the playoffs. We MUST beat these lower/mid level teams in the regular season because its pretty obvious we can't beat the California teams. Then if we squeak in, we hope for a lot of luck that other teams beat each other up and we are paired with a team that has injury woes in the first round. Sounds pathetic way to win I know, but right now thats the best case scenario.