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[QUOTE="Dugway, post: 5126701, member: 13446"]
I think it fair to say that UConn has not yet played a really good team. Those games are coming. I believe the Huskies are up for the challenge!

I think it also fair to say that UConn has not played a full 40-minutes themselves, at a really high level of play. They have certainly played really good first halves, or in 6 to 7 minute stretches where they looked like they were the greatest thing since ice cream. Like they were completely unbeatable!

Also true that, against these lesser teams, they have not been tested at all. As such they have not had to play a full 40-minutes of top level ball. I think it fair to say that after having built a 30 point lead or something like that, that they have had let downs and gone through stretches where they didn’t played fantastic. But, again, they have not had to!

So, we end up with a 19 point margin of victory, when the reality is that the game was not that close.  Does that mean that we don’t deserve to be #1? Maybe!  Does that mean that we should expect a loss against a #20 ranked team? I would certainly not wager money that way!
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