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Message: [QUOTE="Plebe, post: 2410314, member: 6927"] Last season was a stunner due to the way UConn was able to go undefeated against such a tough OOC schedule. In the past, the first season after graduating one of our GOAT candidates (Taurasi and Moore) was a definite down year by UConn standards (8 losses in 2004-05 and 5 losses in 2011-12, both against schedules not as rigorous as last year's). And it wasn't just a GOAT that UConn was losing in 2016, but also Tuck and Moriah as well. Williams and Collier had certainly contributed to the 2016 team, but who knew they would be such superstars right away last season. As strangely as the Mississippi State game played out, I still say that the greater surprise was that UConn went that whole season without a loss up until that point. I believe Geno was sincere when he talked about how surprised he was at their ability to stay undefeated for as long as they did. [/QUOTE]