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Message: [QUOTE="BfromCT, post: 5179499, member: 10542"] Update. There has been a good deal of discussion on this subject in this and other threads. In my original post on December 23, I expressed skepticism about the prospects for the 2024-25 Husky team. UConn has had several more games under its belt and the regular season is well over half over, so I’m taking another look at this topic. Whatever the Final Four prospects are, I have real doubts about the team’s ability to defeat South Carolina, UCLA, or Notre Dame, although the upcoming away games against Tennessee and the Gamecocks will tell us a lot about the team’s tournament potential. Quite frankly, UCLA and South Carolina are head and shoulders above everyone else. The Final Four will likely still be a steep, although not impossible, hill to climb and several things need to happen to achieve this goal. First, the draw. The picture looks bleak if the team is in the same bracket as the two best teams in the country. Assuming for the sake of argument that Southern Cal is 4th no. 1 seed, then UConn would have to be the 5th best team in order to face it. As of this moment, Texas and LSU are both probably ahead of UConn on the curve. By defeating TN at Knoxville and playing a competitive games against South Carolina on their home court the 5th overall seed is well within the realm of possibility. Second, there must be no injuries among any of the players who are in the rotation. Third, the team will need to have more than two scorers. The Huskies must get good shooting from Fudd, Shade, and Chen, at least one of them. Fourth, the Huskies will have to have an inside presence, something that they lack now. We keep hoping that El Afry and Ice Brady will step up, but such is not yet the case. In the recent UCLA-Maryland game as an example Betts was unstoppable and scored 33 points with 14-15 from close to the basket. Can the Huskies bigs do any better? In any case, hope springs eternal and we will see what happens. Go Huskies! [/QUOTE]

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