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Message: [QUOTE="bballnut90, post: 4492092, member: 2117"] Agree with part of it. Last year was a mess with injuries, but by and large the major contributors were healthy come tournament time. Bueckers didn't make an AA team last year due to missing most of the year, but she was surely one of the top players in the country come tournament time even if she wasn't on award lists. In regards to the last part, seeds are based on what a team has accomplished leading up to the NCAA tournament, not an indication of how people predict they will do. So while being a 2 seed usually means the 1 seed is expected to beat you, this isn't always the case, and it was not the case last year. Looking at the regional matchups, UCONN was not widely expected to lose to Indiana. They were a heavy betting favorite to win ([URL='https://www.fanduel.com/theduel/posts/indiana-vs-uconn-spread-line-odds-predictions-ncaa-womens-tournament-game-fanduel-sportsbook-01fyy502wygw']link[/URL]) and 4/5 ESPN experts thought they'd win that game ([URL='https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/33580878/women-ncaa-tournament-2022-sweet-16-picks-predictions-which-no-1-seed-fall-first']link[/URL]). They were also favored to beat #1 seed NC State ([URL='https://www.bettingnews.com/articles/ncaab/uconn-huskies-north-carolina-state-wolfpack-wbb-odds-picks-prediction-march-28-2022/']link[/URL]), I couldn't find an article with ESPN experts making predictions, but no one was surprised UCONN won that game. When the bracket came out and matchups revealed UCONN was staying in Connecticut and had NC State as their 1 seed, I don't thought it'd be a big upset if UCONN made it out of that regional. I will give you the Stanford game was an upset, all 4 ESPN experts picked Stanford to win ([URL='https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/33643366/women-final-four-2022-picks-predictions-which-teams-reach-ncaa-title-game']link)[/URL] though the betting line only had Stanford as a 1.5 point favorite. Getting to the title game was a great accomplishment after a very rocky season, but I wouldn't classify UCONN getting there as an oddity, and to play the underdog card and state that UCONN didn't have any All Americans on their path to the title game is missing context. [/QUOTE]

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