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Message: [QUOTE="HooperScooper, post: 5109664, member: 10"] Is this the article below? Surprised none of them picked UConn to go to the Final Four since CBS Sports had a similar article last week ([URL="https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/expert-picks-for-final-four-who-will-win-the-2025-ncaa-tournament-and-more-bold-predictions-for-this-season/"]Expert picks for Final Four: Who will win the 2025 NCAA Tournament and more bold predictions for this season[/URL]) and 4 of the 7 writers had UConn in the Final Four. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/42133238/mens-ncaa-basketball-2024-25-preseason-picks-predictions-winners[/URL] [B][I]Paine:[/I][/B][I] Like most college hoops watchers, I suspect, I want to see what [URL='https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/41/uconn-huskies']UConn[/URL] can do for an encore to the encore. Coach Dan Hurley's team went on [URL='https://neilpaine.substack.com/p/was-uconn-the-most-dominant-mens?utm_source=publication-search']one of the most impressive runs[/URL] in men's tournament history in winning the 2023 national title, then followed it up with an [URL='https://neilpaine.substack.com/p/uconn-built-arguably-the-most-dominant?utm_source=publication-search']even more dominant run[/URL] to the 2024 championship. The second came without many of the key players who'd fueled the first squad -- and that's something Hurley will have to navigate again this year (among UConn's [URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/connecticut/men/2024.html']top five scorers[/URL] from a year ago, only [URL='https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/4917149/alex-karaban']Alex Karaban[/URL] returns). But as long as the Huskies have their coach, they have another chance to be great.[/I] [/QUOTE]

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