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Message: [QUOTE="bballnut90, post: 3126879, member: 2117"] Tara was upset in 2013 by a 4 seeded Georgia team. Also blown out by a 7 seed in the 2016 Elite 8. The last 6 years her squads havent been a top seed so she hasnt had situations to be upset. The only major upset ND has had from 2011-2019 was losing to 4 seed Stanford in 2016. 8 number one seeds during those 9 years. If anything, advantage ND. This year Baylor was #1 overall and favored to win the game. If 2011 haunts anyone, it's Tara, not Muffet. Tara had arguably her best team ever and they gave up a coast to coast bucket to lose to A&M in the semis. If they make it to the finals they're well positioned to win against a Cinderella Notre Dame team. ND was a long shot to get to the finals in the first place during 2011, so if anything, Muffet probably takes a lot of pride in that season, being the first coach ever to beat both Pat and Geno in the same NCAAs and ending Maya's quest for 3. Both massive wins were as an underdog. 2013 may haunt her but she really had no business beating UCONN (3x) to begin with. Her team was preseason #7 and finished 35-2 against a brutal schedule. Stellar season. UCONN was the much stronger team on paper and still the betting odds favorite over ND entering the Final Four. This season's finish may haunt her, but objectively Baylor was just the better team. Tara is a great coach, but her teams havent been in the title picture the last 7 years. People can hide behind the, "it's a hard place to get admitted" line but she still regularly has teams with many top recruits and they arent in the title picture. Compare that to Vic Schaefer who made back to back title games without a single McDonalds AA and again made the Elite 8 after losing four starters. It's an easy excuse to hide behind but her results are inferior to Muffet no matter how you analyze it. Tara is great, but there just isnt a strong argument for her to be above Muffet. [/QUOTE]

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