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The nonstop talk of inevitability of our championship is making me nervous.

We're in a no-win situation with all this adulation and expectations - win and people write it off as expected, and lose, there will be immense ridicule.

What are our chances of a three-peat? :)
 
maxw said:
The nonstop talk of inevitability of our championship is making me nervous.

We're in a no-win situation with all this adulation and expectations - win and people write it off as expected, and lose, there will be immense ridicule.

What are our chances of a three-peat? :)
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And we're supposed to care what "people" say exactly why? Would the thrill and joy of winning four more games, one game at a time, somehow be reduced by having to hear a person tell you that the championship was "expected."
 
businesslawyer said:
And we're supposed to care what "people" say exactly why? Would the thrill and joy of winning four more games, one game at a time, somehow be reduced by having to hear a person tell you that the championship was "expected."
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Can we hang a banner now since it's "expected"?
 
maxw said:
The nonstop talk of inevitability of our championship is making me nervous.

We're in a no-win situation with all this adulation and expectations - win and people write it off as expected, and lose, there will be immense ridicule.

What are our chances of a three-peat? :)
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Nervous about what, exactly?

That one of the remaining four teams we’d play might play really hard against us?
 
We either have 1, 2, 3 or 4 games left of watching this current amazing UConn team. I hope we're blessed with 4 more games........but I'll just enjoy the games 1 at a time and see what happens...from here on out I don't expect a cakewalk.
 
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maxw said:
The nonstop talk of inevitability of our championship is making me nervous.

We're in a no-win situation with all this adulation and expectations - win and people write it off as expected, and lose, there will be immense ridicule.

What are our chances of a three-peat? :)
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Immense ridicule of what? Of having 5x national championships and not being able to win back-to-back? If that's what we call "immense ridicule" I would take that immense ridicule any day. That's a freaking privilege to potentially kinda face that ridicule.

Lets take it one step at a time and enjoy the journey
 
maxw said:
The nonstop talk of inevitability of our championship is making me nervous.

We're in a no-win situation with all this adulation and expectations - win and people write it off as expected, and lose, there will be immense ridicule.

What are our chances of a three-peat? :)
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Favored and inevitable are not the same thing. And no one writes off a championship as expected.

People are so weird
 
Inyatkin said:
Favored and inevitable are not the same thing. And no one writes off a championship as expected.

People are so weird
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Seriously where is this “nonstop” talk occurring?
 
maxw said:
The nonstop talk of inevitability of our championship is making me nervous.

We're in a no-win situation with all this adulation and expectations - win and people write it off as expected, and lose, there will be immense ridicule.

What are our chances of a three-peat? :)
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Go get a Xanax prescription
 
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I don't know about immense ridicule, but there is something to the notion that everyone in the world is picking us to win. Those things hardly ever work out (unless your name is Tiger Woods). I just hope we keep our focus up and play even close to our top level. If we do and we lose, I can handle that. Every game is gonna be tough now, there are a lot of good teams left. I'm personally not taking anything for granted and I'm pretty sure our coaching staff isn't either. But I sure hope they somehow have the players walled off from all the hype they are getting.
 
Come on. We all care about what other people say about uconn basketball. We wouldn't be on here if we didn't. We wouldn't listen to podcasts or read articles if we didn't.
Note: there was a special flavor to the 99 championship, simply due to what the experts said about us. "We shocked the world" would be meaningless to us if we "didn't care" what people said.
 
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One day at a time. One game at a time.

I don't listen to the idiotic chatter of the "expert journalists." ESPN needs the press. They are setting the agenda for the press.

Too bad so many buy into this stuff.
 
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maxw said:
The nonstop talk of inevitability of our championship is making me nervous.

We're in a no-win situation with all this adulation and expectations - win and people write it off as expected, and lose, there will be immense ridicule.

What are our chances of a three-peat? :)
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The odds not matter how many people want to pick us, are against winning the NC. Savor every victory, survive and advance!
 
businesslawyer said:
And we're supposed to care what "people" say exactly why? Would the thrill and joy of winning four more games, one game at a time, somehow be reduced by having to hear a person tell you that the championship was "expected." reputation
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If you don't care what people say, what earthly reason is there to play competitive sports at all? Or to gain a reputation for achieving anything in life? Is not the "thrill and joy" of winning enhanced immeasurably by its unexpectedness, by proving your doubters wrong? Why is it even necessary to point this out? Why does this forum insist. time and again, on countering the obvious with some tired cliche?
 
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Sphinx said:
If you don't care what people say, what earthly reason is there to play competitive sports at all?
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Spoken like a true competitor. Good grief. Yes, the essence of competition is what other people you don't know might say about you on the internet. Just like Michael Jordan always said.

I would counter the original poster's premise with the following: there is, in fact, a "win" in his scenario. It's winning.

If they lose along the way it sucks, like it does for every other team in the field except one. Does it suck maybe a little bit more knowing that something historic is in reach? Sure. But if you think "immense ridicule" is on the other end of a loss that leaves them at something like 45-4 in their last 49 games, or you're worried about what clowns like Jeff Goodman or some random Canadian idiot on syracusefan.com might say then I don't know how to help you.

Add this thread to the million reasons I'm glad these kids are playing and not anyone on this board.

Whether you play like you're scared to lose and you lose or you play balls to the wall and lose, either way it's a loss. Might as well get after it. Who gives a what people think?
 
Heading into the Sweet Sixteen, are our 2024 Huskies being viewed as extremely heavy favorites like the 1999 Duke Blue Devils? How has history treated that 1999 Duke team?
 
maxw said:
The nonstop talk of inevitability of our championship is making me nervous.

We're in a no-win situation with all this adulation and expectations - win and people write it off as expected, and lose, there will be immense ridicule.

What are our chances of a three-peat? :)
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Lol! I dont care. Let them talk, in fact ive already heard a few people say Uconn got lucky again with Auburn and FAU getting knocked off lol! If we win we will get critcized and if we lose we were overrated playing in a weak conference that got 3 bids. We go through this every single time we`re in the tourney with a legit shot at winning ever since the 99` natty.
 
maxw said:
The nonstop talk of inevitability of our championship is making me nervous.

We're in a no-win situation with all this adulation and expectations - win and people write it off as expected, and lose, there will be immense ridicule.

What are our chances of a three-peat? :)
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Maxw
I am having so much fun, and you should too. I’m 68 and feel like a kid at Christmas. Enjoy your Boneyard brethren, and root like hell come game day.
 
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