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Message: [QUOTE="bballnut90, post: 3539816, member: 2117"] I agree with 2017 that UCONN was the clear cut top dog all year but dont agree with the 2018 proclamation. In 2017 UCONN played a flukey bad game vs Mississippi State. The Bulldogs came ready to play and made some big plays down the stretch and weren't scared. It was an abnormally bad game for the Huskies, who had UCONN handily beat SC in the regular season (led by double figures the entire 4th), and handily beat #1 Notre Dame by 11 on the road. Mississippi State honestly wasn't that good of a team that year and had no business beating Baylor and UCONN. On the flip side, the top 4 teams were all very much on par with each other by the end of 2018. 3 buzzer beater finishes from teams all playing solid basketball proves that. 2018 UCONN didnt convincingly beat Notre Dame in the regular season. Notre Dame led the majority of the game and had an 8 point lead going into the 4th before UCONN went on a tear at home. Notre Dame proved they could hang with the Huskies in the regular season. In the Final Four, UCONN played a solid game....Notre Dame just beat them in a close game. Wasn't anything flukey about that night. And all 3 FF games were separated by a buzzer beater. By the end of the year these were the clear 4 best teams. 3 throttled their opponents in the regional final and the 4th, Notre Dame, won by double figures despite getting a scare midway through the 4th on the road against Oregon. [/QUOTE]