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Message: [QUOTE="Plebe, post: 3330087, member: 6927"] It's all about the ratio between expectations and perceived realization. Notre Dame fans pretty much expected huge struggles after graduating their entire starting five, plus two transfers, plus early-season injuries to their two most experienced returners. They've more or less accepted this as a throwaway year but have reason to be optimistic about their talented youth and a strong recruiting class coming in. Lower expectations = lower EPR ratio. Many UConn fans expected *some* amount of struggling without Lou and Pheesa and several newcomers. But most seem to have felt that UConn was a strong contender, perhaps even a favorite, to return to the Final Four (UConn was #3 on the preseason Boneyard Top 25). Suffice it to say that UConn hasn't yet looked like a Final Four favorite in what limited action we've seen. Add to that the angst of Westbrook's waiver denial, which many had been optimistic about, and you've got a higher EPR ratio. [/QUOTE]