Bilas Nat Champ pick

[ElGreco]

Bilas has always been more than fair to us. Seems like a lot of love from the ESPN crew.

Bilas had that awesome video after we won our 4th NC. Said something like “it’s not if UConn is as good as the blue bloods but if the blue bloods are as good as UConn”. Look it up on YouTube. It’s awesome

 

[CTFIRERETIRED]

What the HELL are those wonks smoking, @ESPN? Seriously?
Now the pressure is on them to produce. LET THE MADNESS BEGIN.

 

[Hurleyman216]

Maybe some kind of off-season news in the works that moves UConn back to an ESPN property? Why else pump us up? Just stoking the conspiracy theorists

 

[Ratso]

who the cares, it’s out and danny better listen

 

[giddyup]

Lots of talking heads have us going to the final 4. We have the talent. Not sure we have the coaching and on floor leadership to sustain, but opportunity awaits for those who want to grab the golden ring.

 

[Rocktheworld]

They recognize our ceiling is at least as high as anyone else’s

 

[willie99]

The world likes our team more so than the Hurley Haters that lurk among us

Maybe they're just bitter Cuse or PeeCee fans coming here because they know WE'RE GOOD.

That's already been proven

Enjoy the ride boys and girls, we're all going to the Sweet Sixteen (for starters)

 

[Ratso]

i respect jay, and we all believe it. that’s why we’re on this board

 

[storrsroars]

Obviously this is coming down from the top at Disney as a way to mollify CT politicians.

 

[ElGreco]

Lots of talking heads have us going to the final 4. We have the talent. Not sure we have the coaching and on floor leadership to sustain, but opportunity awaits for those who want to grab the golden ring.

Somebody will become a legend-who will it be?!?!

 

[Poe]

And none of the CBS guys picked us … weird

 

[HooperScooper]

Bilas had that awesome video after we won our 4th NC. Said something like “it’s not if UConn is as good as the blue bloods but if the blue bloods are as good as UConn”. Look it up on YouTube. It’s awesome

Never gets old.

 

[dtrumpet]

Never gets old.

No it doesn't. Damn, that's good.

 

[JB75]

Yup. Saw everything tonight. No one on cbs picked us and mostly everyone on ESPN picked us going deep

 

[Ripper32]

This is why.

 

[Dean Wormer]

Plenty of the BYs best & brightest ripped me for calling "one for the thumb" back in December.
Well, bad mojo or not I'm sticking to my guns. We have the talent. we have all the pieces. If we play up to our potential we'll win it all, and I believe we will.
One for the thumb. Let's do it!

 

[Ripper32]

 

[navery12]

What a bizarre world where ESPN is more realistic about this team than 90% of this board

 

[FfldCntyFan]

What a bizarre world where ESPN is more realistic about this team than 90% of this board

When has more than 10% of this board been realistic?

 

[CardiacAndre7]

I know Duke’s been hot, but the ACC sucks, so i’m not buying the Duke hype. They don’t have the guard play that great teams need.

 

[Huskyforlife]

Every single national reporter that works for the espn must not know Han Durrrley can’t coach. Someone must warn them before they look like fools!

 

[Rocktheworld]

This is why.
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Didn’t realize how statistically close that game was other than turnovers; that’s clearly what tipped the game.

 

[uconnfan68]

Didn’t realize how statistically close that game was other than turnovers; that’s clearly what tipped the game.

We had a lot more shots because of that.

 

[bazz&boujee]

Wild, that Bama game was was scoreless until the 17:05 mark.
That win is by far the biggest reason there exists the optimism among pundits, amateurs, and Husky fans that we are elite and CAN BE elite. Looking at our resume without that win.. it’s good… it’s solid…
But nothing to hang our hats on.
Looking at that double digit romping over the #1 overall seed bleeds the confidence that this can and will defeat anyone.
Thank goodness for the PK tournement.

 

[That Guy]

What a bizarre world where ESPN is more realistic about this team than 90% of this board

I think most of us who are still skeptical about the team making a deep run are being realistic. Our biggest problems are Hurley's late game coaching in tight games and the fact that this team lacks an alpha killer that can consistently make plays in crunch time like our previous championship teams have had. I would argue those are the two most important attributes to a Final Four caliber team and we just don't have them. We very well might be the most talented and deep team in the country, but talent and depth will only get us so far. At some point in this tournament we'll have to be able to execute and win a nail biter against a top team, and I just don't know if Hurley and this group are capable of that.