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Message: [QUOTE="GameTime, post: 4459875, member: 11035"] A little write up by Sweeney over SI [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.si.com/college/2022/12/09/college-basketball-overreactions-uconn-gonzaga-big-ten[/URL] [HEADING=1]UConn is the No. 1 team in the country[/HEADING] I wrote after PK85 that [URL='https://www.si.com/college/2022/11/29/uconn-basketball-dan-hurley-growth-sanogo-newton']UConn was a legitimate national title contender[/URL]. I’m not sure that piece went far enough. Right now, [URL='https://www.si.com/college/college-basketball/team/uconn-huskies']UConn[/URL] should be considered the best in the country. The Huskies are the nation’s only 10–0 team. They’ve won every game they’ve played by double digits. Their last five games have been against high-major opponents (three on neutral courts, one at home and one on the road), and they’ve won those games by an average margin of nearly 18 points. UConn has yet to trail in a second half all season and hasn’t even been within single digits of an opponent in the final five minutes of a game this season. Has it beaten an elite team? Perhaps not. But this group checks every box. The Huskies shoot it at a high level, have two dominant interior presences in Adama Sanogo and Donovan Clingan, share the ball and have elite depth. They combine the usual physicality and toughness of a Dan Hurley team with the type of high-powered offense necessary to compete for championships. We know teams can peak too early (last year’s Auburn team is a good example), but if the NCAA tournament were played today, I’d pick UConn to win it all. [/QUOTE]

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