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Message: [QUOTE="LStudfellow, post: 3631883, member: 5436"] Actually, yes we do. 4 years of mediocre to worse basketball until the last month last year. Yes we do. I would agree if you said that Jim Calhoun has nothing to prove... or that the 4 UConn teams that ended their years in National Championships have nothing to prove. But to say that this year's team, or the teams that come after it... or Dan Hurley as a coach, has nothing to prove? That is just plain ridiculous. I have never been one who believes that a new group can live off of past glory. Especially not in a college setting where the roster is overturned... and in this case, so is the entire coaching staff. The pressure is on to get back to that Championship-caliber level... and then consistently stay there. None other than Geno Auriemma stated this fact well: “With the [I]absence of pressure[/I], it’s hard to do great things.” We should welcome the pressure to prove we belong again, not dismiss it. [/QUOTE]