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Message: [QUOTE="gsmooth, post: 4610802, member: 9355"] Another thing I would add is, look at 1999 when UConn beat Duke in the finals. The next year, UConn lost in the 2nd rd of watered down year (a lot of talent left in 1999) and granted they could have made the Final Four if El-Amin doesn't turn his ankle in the first round. Duke went to the Sweet 16 as a #1 seed and lost. But in 2001, Duke wins it all with a loaded team as a #1 seed while UConn was being eliminated in the first round of the NIT in obscurity. We as UConn fans have had it great for the most part, but even under Calhoun, UConn didn't just have down years, they bottomed out completely (1993, 1997, 2001, 2007, 2010). Hopefully UConn can make the NCAAT every year, even if they are not a championship threat in certain years. [/QUOTE]