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[QUOTE="bballnut90, post: 2944930, member: 2117"]
UCONN was a 3.5 point favorite over Notre Dame entering this game...so most betters didn't buy into it.  The Boneyard was also the only place where I saw posters exclaiming in the preseason that an Elite 8 would be a successful year, or that this team might not be a Final Four squad.  Any knowledgable fan knew UCONN was going to be in the title hunt again and will be a lock for Albany.

Of course ND was going to be preseason #1, and consensus #1 at that.  Preseason rankings are all about what you return from last year and how you look on paper.  Notre Dame returned more contributors than any other top team, plus they won the title last year.  Teams that are preseason #1 almost always stay consensus #1 until they lose a game.

This game was strikingly similar to the 2016 game where ND was #1, UCONN #2, and UCONN led the entire way by 1-3 possessions before pulling away in the last 5 minutes. It wasn't an easy win or a blowout as the final score indicates....it was a tight game until about 5 minutes left.
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