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Message: [QUOTE="Bone Dog, post: 5315774, member: 12088"] One more thought about realistic contenders: All ten of the teams ESPN listed have a shot at the NC. Yes, some of them would require a lot to break their way, but this is not unheard of in recent history. A few examples: [LIST] [*]Stanford and Arizona both had a path cleared for them to the finals 5 seasons ago. [*]LSU and Iowa also benefitted from upsets that cleared a path to the finals 3 seasons ago. [*]Iowa was also an unlikely finals team 2 seasons ago. [/LIST] Only SC was a compelling favorite for the NC 4 seasons and 2 seasons ago and actually won it. And of course UConn was counted out as late as mid-February last season. And other than South Dakota St upsetting OK St, they benefitted from no breaks in their path and even ended up facing three #1s on their path to the NC. That is the less common result. [/QUOTE]