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[QUOTE="UcMiami, post: 2419971, member: 199"]
Good questions. I think it would look a lot different (the 'era' would have ended) had last year played out the way most people thought it would - Uconn struggling to a handful of losses and maybe reaching the FF. The fact that Lou and Napheesa, Gabby and Kia, and Chong played so well last year was unexpected in a very similar way to what the original 'Uconn record win streak' team did back in 2003 - that 2003 team thankfully threw their wobble in the BE tournament and not at the FF but it was preforming the same sort of smoke and mirrors act to get to 70 wins.

If last year had included a few stumbles prior to the FF loss, this year's team would probably not have three returning AAs and there would not be the 'inevitability' factor to this coming season in people's minds. But since they did 'outperform' this feels like just a continuation of the Stewart/Jefferson/Tuck years/era. (If you are using that as the start of some new era, you are suggesting a 2 year FF loss period prior to their arrival signified an end to the previous 'Maya/Tina' era which is a pretty harsh criteria!)
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