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Message: [QUOTE="UConnJim, post: 2444182, member: 1559"] I don't understand how everyone is going crazy right now. When has a college basketball team with almost all new players played well at the start of a season? Last year's team blew up and we are starting from almost scratch this season. I don't know about you, but this season so far has been as I expected, EXCEPT the way we lost to Arkansas as it seemed the team gave up. That said, Arkansas was a very experienced team with their top 3 Gs being seniors and 5 out of their top 8 players being seniors. Their freshman was 6-11 and the 37th ranked recruiting the class. So, Arkansas had more experience playing together, had more experience at guard, and they had a better big man than UConn had. They will be a top 25 team this year. Think about this. Arkansas 6-9 forward who played 19 minutes had as many assists in the game, 5, as Dave O, Polley, Larrier, Diarra, Cobb, Carlton, Whaley, and Williams have COMBINED this season. These players played a COMBINED 106 minutes for UConn last season. It is going to take time to come together as a team. Due to the hard schedule this year and our lack of experience, I am only expecting 20 wins the year. [/QUOTE]