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Message: [QUOTE="Deepster, post: 5217509, member: 25"] I don't feel like I'm "wildly" optimistic and I don't think they're near a favorite to win it. But a core of this team has been there. The coaches have been there. You don't know our draw, region or who we'll end up playing and how they match up with our strengths. As far as differences from those prior teams? This place was shovelling dirt on both their caskets at this point heading in. We used a set of testicles for the 2014 team's mojo because that team had no balls and got blown out by Louisville leading up to the BET. And it's not a player by player matchup. No doubt Napier and Boatright were phenomenal. But I'll take Diarra, Ball and our 2 centers vs DeAndre Daniels and Phil Nolan down low. And Karaban/McNeeley are a completely different animal to match up against than either the 2011 or 14 team had. [/QUOTE]