I think UConn will be better than last year, but the schedule is harder (only 6 home games and road games against Missouri, BYU, UCF, and Cinci), so the record may not reflect it. I just want to see competitive games this year with less coach speak from Diaco. Let the results speak for themselves. By the way, if you use last year's Sagarin ratings, UConn would not be favored in any game in 2015. Theoretical, but look at these predicted point spreads (again, based on last year's Sagarin's):
Missouri -41
BYU -30
Cinci -29
UCF -29
ECU -25
Temple -23
Houston -23
Navy -22
Villanova -17
Tulane -12
USF -6
Army -6
Personally, I think 2016 is the season we see the team become highly competitive and win more than they lose.