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Message: [QUOTE="AZHuskiePop, post: 2792512, member: 1609"] Please don’t underestimate Gilbert especially on the defensive end. Defense covers a lot of errors . I rewatched the MSU game about 5 times and Gilbert was in their heads. We’re still in the game with 10 minutes to go I think it’s even witin single digits with a few minutes left . That’s a team that won 30 games although they were probably overrated . Gilbert is a rare find with the potential to join the pantheon of great UConn defensive players. But given we had so many new players last year and played our toughest schedule in years Just a simple look forward and even being biased the NIT was optimistic. 19-21 wins last year and we were a lock. But I don’t think achievable even with Gilbert. I looked at the up coming schedule at a point we’re we won a couple of games and guys were jumping back on an surprisingly we would have been favored in only 4-5 of the remaining 15-16 games . That was a sobering look . That’s why this year with 10 returning players and a weaker AAC , 21-23 games is very probable. Top 3-4 in AAC is also likely barring key injuries. Those aren’t even bold assessments. Whether that’s enough to get in depends as much on our opponents success as ours so most experienced forecasters are not thrilled with predicting things outside of their immediate control. Multiply all our games by our opponents games and you can see it becomes random . So I won’t bother to predict the NCAA But if Gilberts addition gets you from 20- 21 range to the 23-24 range that could be the difference. [/QUOTE]

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