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Message: [QUOTE="EricLA, post: 2540193, member: 26"] In fairness, if you think about it, aren't elite 8's and possible final 4's about the most that 99% of the teams can hope for? Muffet is widely regarded as the 2nd best in the game (or maybe Tara is) (but I think you have to give Mulkey credit t00). Muffet has 7 final 4's, 4 NC game appearances, and 1 NC. Tara has 10 final 4's, and 2 NC's Mulkey has 3 final 4's, and 2 NC's Other than that, teams like Duke, Maryland, Rutgers, LSU, Oklahoma and maybe a few others have made several FF appearances, but some of those teams have fallen off the map as top 10 elite teams (Rutgers, LSU, Oklahoma) and I suspect that after this season, teams like tOSU, Miss State, South Carolina, Duke, UCLA, and maybe a few others will fall off too. I think fans of top teams sometimes take for granted how impossible it is to stay at the top and make one final 4 after another. Stanford and Tenn have done it historically (but not nearly as much recently), Notre Dame, and UCONN and that's about it. Some teams have a great run for a few years (LSU when they had Fowles et al.), and then disappear. Bottom line, Tennessee fans have totally unrealistic expectations and what they are achieving now is about as good as it will ever be for them over the next 10 years. Sure Westbrook, Hayes, and Davis will all be better next year, but they lose Russell and Nared - their 2 leading scorers, and don't really have anything to replace them with... They need at least 3 years of excellent recruiting to have a chance at sniffing a FF IMHO... [/QUOTE]

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