When you play a team, you can crush them it breaks their will. They won't stand a chance against you the next time. I always played this kid in my home town, I never let him beat me, he got a full ride of Stanford, and I went to a D III college. But he never ever beat me, it was in his head. I think smashing these teams does the same thing folks.
People talk how good these teams are on draft night but it ought to be clear that they are not NBA level ballers.