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Message: [QUOTE="bballnut90, post: 2820235, member: 2117"] I've posted threads like this a couple of times in the past...just wanted to see what fans expect going into this year. Looking at the schedule, it's a bit lighter than it has been the past couple of years and there are only a couple of teams that should pose as threats to the Huskies. UCONN has never lost an AAC game, and none of the teams appear to be imposing so I'm assuming that UCONN will sweep through the AAC regardless of who they play home/away and in the tournament. So here's the non-conference schedule: vs. Ohio State, easy win. OSU is going to be atrocious this year. vs. Southern Connecticut, easy win. at Vanderbilt, easy win. Vandy was awful this past year. vs. Ole Miss, easy win. Ole Miss had a mass exodus of players and isn't going to be competitive. vs. St. Johns, easy win. They were a WNIT team a year ago and finished 19-15. vs. Purdue, easy win. Purdue isn't expected to be very good. vs. Depaul, win. I don't think Depaul has ever beat UCONN and isn't expected to be a top threat. [B]at Notre Dame, toss up. This is clearly the most difficult game on the schedule. This game will likely be #1 ND vs. #2 UCONN...and UCONN handily beat the Irish in 2014 and 2016 when it was the same situation. Toss up game for me, but this is the game UCONN is most likely to lose.[/B] at St. Louis, easy win vs. Seton Hall, easy win at Oklahoma, easy win. Oklahoma has consistently underachieved for several years now. at Cal, easy win. Anigwe is good but Cal isn't. [B]at Baylor, toss up. I actually think UCONN will have a more difficult time at Baylor than they will at ND. Baylor has ample size and they tend to play quite well at home. If UCONN beats ND, I think they lose this one, but if they lose to ND, they beat Baylor here. at Louisville, win. Walz did a great job last year with Louisville, but they've never been able to compete with the Huskies. I don't see that changing this year. Geno has always schooled Walz. Louisville has a shot, but I personally don't see it happening. [/B] vs. South Carolina, win. SC should be a solid top 10 or top 15 team this year, but Dawn has never been able to give Geno a competitive game even when she had Wilson for 4 years. I don't see SC hanging with the Huskies, especially in Storrs. [B]NCAA Tournament, potential loss here depending on how the season pans out. [/B] So based on all of that, best case scenario Huskies run the table, and worst case scenario they drop games to Baylor, ND, Louisville and in the tournament giving them 4 losses. I'll go out on a limb and predict 1...not sure if it's in the tournament or regular season. [/QUOTE]

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