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Message: [QUOTE="gtcam, post: 4315811, member: 2844"] Come tournament time there are a few things that spell success - luck/draw and tournament ready/tough are two of them Luck and draw is beyond anyone's control for the most part. Being tournament ready and tough is vital. A larger part of this is the schedule a team plays during the season. I fully understand that the NBE is going to be improved and a rough road but most coaches build their team to be successful in their league and every league plays a different brand of basketball. Yes, playing some cupcakes gives you that difference in exposure but in most cases these teams are not the top teams in their league and if not a P5 or one of the few other P6 (?) they are very weak. In most cases, if a team gets past the 1st game in the dance, they will face a P5 or very formidable P6 team. If I had my preference I would play less cupcakes and more teams in the better leagues in the OOC schedule. I do feel, as a rule, UConn should play at least 2 in state teams and those may be the cupcakes. Because of the in-season tournaments that UConn will play in this upcoming season the above may not be all that important, but UConn has had some very weak OOC schedules recently. [/QUOTE]