Flaws of the top ten

[NJHusky]

It'll be interesting to see if it lands that way. I also wonder if the committee would try to split it teams in the same conference. Perhaps flip Iowa St to the Midwest, Purdue to the South. We shall see.

good point on the conf...didn't think about that

 

[FightOnCT]

Obviously like Hurley, we’re gonna hyperfocus on our team’s shortcomings, especially after witnessing the most dominant championship team of all time.

But who exactly do you put above UConn right now aside from Arizona? Everyone else has either worse losses or clearer flaws that put them lower. Hell, you could even argue Arizona is a Reed and Mullins away from being in that group.

Michigan: Too volatile; maybe higher ceiling but much lower floor (also lack high end wins)
Duke: Backcourt is lacking
Iowa State: Maybe but lost by 20+ @ a flawed Kansas
Houston: Loss to Tennessee; good but I don’t see them over us right now
Vanderbilt: lmao

 

[gsmooth]

It'll be interesting to see if it lands that way. I also wonder if the committee would try to split it teams in the same conference. Perhaps flip Iowa St to the Midwest, Purdue to the South. We shall see.

I know back in the day the NCAA Tournament Committee had a rule where teams from the same conference could not play against each other until the Elite 8. I believe that rule is largely in place now and they try to stick to that with some exceptions if a conference has a large number of teams in the NCAAT as it would be tougher with these super-sized conferences. Examples would include UConn playing Cincinnati in the 2nd round of the 2011 NCAAT when both were in the Big East and the Big East had 11 teams in the NCAAT. Also, Kentucky playing Tennessee in the Sweet 16 last year was another example as the SEC had 14 teams in the NCAAT.

 

[Jaydumo20]

Obviously like Hurley, we’re gonna hyperfocus on our team’s shortcomings, especially after witnessing the most dominant championship team of all time.

But who exactly do you put above UConn right now aside from Arizona? Everyone else has either worse losses or clearer flaws that put them lower. Hell, you could even argue Arizona is a Reed and Mullins away from being in that group.

Michigan: Too volatile; maybe higher ceiling but much lower floor (also lack high end wins)
Duke: Backcourt is lacking
Iowa State: Maybe but lost by 20+ @ a flawed Kansas
Houston: Loss to Tennessee; good but I don’t see them over us right now
Vanderbilt: lmao

I agree with this take. Not because I'm a UConn fan.
Sometimes when im watching a non-uconn game, I'll pretend that the favored team is my team. I watch them as though I'm watching uconn. I let every missed shot feel like a Mullins or AK miss.

Every great team does the same kind of stuff we gripe about.

 

[FightOnCT]

 

[Jaydumo20]

This is pretty cool.