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#11 AP

August_West said:
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We are the highest ranked 3 loss team in the country. We've had some great wins, but we are definitely getting full respect, and I think our name put us a spot or 2 higher than most teams wouldve gotten in the same circumstance. Nothing to complain about here.
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Yeah. This is spot on. I think if you ask most people, not only in the BY but also across the country, do you think this uconn team is a top 5 team (staff included because it means everything) we would say yes. Even if you still wanna hedge on that these committee members have 50 some odd schools to seriously consider when putting together top 25 and they have to be completely fair based on only the games people have played. If they put us in top 5 or 10 you'd have other schools who have a legit gripe.
 
Incredible job by everyone involved getting us back to #11 after Maui. I was incredibly skeptical of this team, and I want to continue to be proven to be a moron.
 
Tenspro2002 said:
I'm less concerned about how good/bad our losses look than about our wins.

One reason beating Gonzaga was so important is because they are the only bona fide Top 25 win on our schedule.

Now, Texas (SEC) and Baylor (Big XII) have the opportunity for some major marquee wins since those conferences were really strong out of the gates, the SEC in particular (5 of the top 7 in the poll, goodness). But if those teams faltered, and with the Big East down, it's possible we wouldn't have had a single Top 25 win all year.
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Yes I totally agree. We needed to beat a quality ranked team.

Honestly after Maui I was afraid we wouldn’t have a single good OOC win and have to win the BET just to avoid the NIT. Maybe that was me panicking but it was a possibility. Now I believe that danger is off the table.
 
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There were people killing the AP voters for still having us ranked after Maui. It's at least possible some of those voters didn't think we were as bad as we looked at our worst. Which is accurate.
 
Kembafan said:
Yes I totally agree. We needed to beat a quality ranked team.

Honestly after Maui I was afraid we wouldn’t have a single good OOC win and have to win the BET just to avoid the NIT. Maybe that was me panicking but it was a possibility. Now I believe that danger is off the table.
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Yes, this is another important point.

I felt beating Gonzaga was the difference between a 2-3 seed and a 5-6 seed if we have an expectedly-good BE season (say 14-6, 1-1 in BET).

If we have a mediocre BE season and go like 12-8, 0-1, (very unlikely admittedly) that Gonzaga win would likely be the difference between making the Tournament and not.
 
Dayton was maddening, they just kept making plays! Fun team if you don’t have to play them.
 
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Tenspro2002 said:
I'm less concerned about how good/bad our losses look than about our wins.

One reason beating Gonzaga was so important is because they are the only bona fide Top 25 win on our schedule.

Now, Texas (SEC) and Baylor (Big XII) have the opportunity for some major marquee wins since those conferences were really strong out of the gates, the SEC in particular (5 of the top 7 in the poll, goodness). But if those teams faltered, and with the Big East down, it's possible we wouldn't have had a single Top 25 win all year.
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I'm confident Baylor will eventually be a top 15-20 team IF they can get healthy.
 
Rico444 said:
I don't know how you can say Texas has no talent if you watched that game. Tre Johnson probably has a higher NBA ceiling than anyone on our team.
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not probably
 
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look at this doooshbaaag from VA. has UConn going from NR to 23. Meanwhile
#11 UConn he put at 23
#30 Illinois he put at 15
#40 Arizona State, he put at 19
#37 Wisconsin he put at 20

He did put #32 SJU at #17

Shane Mettlen at College Poll Tracker

collegepolltracker.com collegepolltracker.com
 
Rico444 said:
I don't know how you can say Texas has no talent if you watched that game. Tre Johnson probably has a higher NBA ceiling than anyone on our team.
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May have the highest scoring talent in college basketball with his size, handle and shot.
 
#3 in Kyle Boone's Power Rankings.

3. UConn
UConn hasn't lost this season in the continental United States and is now riding a five-game winning streak that includes victories over Baylor, Texas, Gonzaga and -- most recently -- Xavier. An overtime win over the Musketeers Wednesday kept the Huskies' hot streak rolling.

www.cbssports.com

College basketball power rankings: Auburn usurps Tennesse for top spot, UConn continues steady climb

Auburn is back into the No. 1 spot, while Florida moves into the top five and UConn gets another bump
www.cbssports.com www.cbssports.com
 
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Tyler2Rings said:
As the season progresses Maui will look more and more like a fluke. Our resume is not as good as our ranking, but IMO the ranking underestimates how good this team is, as strange as that sounds...
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i think many here are simply forgetting that 2 games in Maui were incredibly close and could have gone our way.

luckily the pollsters are aware - we belong 11-13 i m o
 
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