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Message: [QUOTE="UConnNick, post: 1756744, member: 1526"] Regarding your second point, I do know for a fact from reliable sources inside UCONN that our administration has been actively involved in the entire process with the B12. That should eliminate any possibility of us being so far removed as an outlier as to not warrant any efforts being made whatsoever. Almost everybody nationally considers us at least a marginal if not prohibitive favorite among the schools being considered. Considering what occurred when Louisville managed to upstage us into the ACC, the secret whisper campaign approach we have taken might mean our administration has known all along that we're going to be selected. If you consider the total lack of open politicking from our administraiton this time around, if there were any doubts about our admission, and we ended up not making the cut, the collective fanbase of UConnNation would want the heads of Herbst and Benedict on a platter in the aftermath of another snub, due to the lack of public posturing on our part. It would be plainly viewed as the second time we sat on our hands and watched other schools with lesser credentials out maneuver us. Quite a few of us think that's what hurt us with the Louisville situation because our administration thought we had that one in the bag, when we obviously didn't. Hopefully our present administration is smart enough to recognize the tidal wave of criticism headed their way if they've made a wrong call again, in terms of public perception of the efforts they have made. For these reasons, I choose to be cautiously optimistic, and I'm a pessimist by nature. [/QUOTE]

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