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Message: [QUOTE="bballnut90, post: 3429174, member: 2117"] Possibly a 3 seed but far from a guarantee. If DePaul and Tennessee finish strong it wont look as bad for UCONN. I don't see them being jumped by Gonzaga if they win out in AAC play. Out of other #2 seed contenders, they'd need 3 to surpass them out of: -UCLA could easily drop both Oregon games and tonight's game at Stanford. They're probably favored to lose all 3 besides maybe Oregon State. -Oregon State also has both Arizona schools, Stanford, and UCLA. If they drop 2 of those, I think the Huskies stay ahead. -Maryland looks solid right now, the game vs Iowa will be big. If they hold on there and win out besides maybe Big Ten tournament, they likely get a 2. -Mississippi State likely catches a break and avoids playing Tennessee, A&M, and Kentucky all without their star player and likely AA candidate. They'll probably jump up to a 2 if they only lose to SC in the tournament. -NC State has had some close calls thus far, wouldn't be shocked if they drop a game or 2 outside of Louisville. Realistically, I think Maryland and Mississippi State are well positioned to finish ahead of the Huskies if SC takes care of business next week. Toss up between UCLA/Oregon State/NC State. Honestly, UCONN's non-conference this year isn't doing them any favors since it is so imbalanced. They play the top 3 teams in the nation but only three games against teams ranked 4-50 on Massey scale. So out of a possible 32 games, they'll only face 3 top 50 teams outside of the top 3 on the year. Doesn't provide good opportunity for UCONN to differentiate itself from the other teams in the 4-15 range. By comparison to UCONN's 6 top 50 games, Maryland has 17, Stanford has 14, and even Mississippi State has 9. I know UCONN has it tougher playing in the AAC, but it would've benefitted the program big time to play better OOC teams than Cal, Oklahoma, Temple, Virginia, Dayton, Seton Hall, etc. [/QUOTE]

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