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Message: [QUOTE="HooperScooper, post: 5141465, member: 10"] Since 2004 every team that won the national championship was ranked in the top 12 of the AP Poll in week 6. UConn was not this year. Who can break that trend? [HEADING=1][I]UConn [/I][/HEADING] [I][B]AP rank[/B]: 18 [B]National title odds[/B]: 20-1 [B]Why UConn[/B]: Why not UConn? The Huskies have hoisted the trophy as the champion each of the last two years. They fell flat on their face at the Maui Invitational and cratered their standing in the rankings. But they've quietly rallied to win three-straight -- including over [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/BAYLOR/baylor-bears/']Baylor[/URL] and [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/TEXAS/texas-longhorns/']Texas[/URL]. They have vets ([URL='https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/players/26887892/alex-karaban/']Alex Karaban[/URL], [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/players/3178555/hassan-diarra/']Hassan Diarra[/URL] among them), some young pieces ([URL='https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/players/29557974/liam-mcneeley/']Liam McNeeley[/URL] and [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/players/29233104/solo-ball/']Solo Ball[/URL]) and the best coach in college hoops right now pulling the strings. [/I] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/this-stat-has-given-us-the-ncaa-tournament-winner-for-20-years-here-are-five-teams-who-could-buck-the-trend/[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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