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Message: [QUOTE="diggerfoot, post: 3250443, member: 1673"] How the team gels matters a great deal. We all know instances of more talented teams not performing as well as less talented teams. So in terms of eye-catching, pleasing performance I had no expectations then nor now, because one can never know how chemistry shapes up when teams go through as much transformation as the two years being compared. However, ... With the level of talent UConn had in 2016 and have this year, I expect(ed) the FF in both cases, but doubted we would win a championship. So, if that is the criteria my expectations are the same. That is not the criteria that formed my vote. During the regular season I see two losses max, quite apart from how well we perform in relative terms to other UConn teams. I actually expect only one loss, since both Baylor and Oregon are at home I suspect we will win one of them, even if we lose to the same team later in the FF. In 2016 I was expecting two losses minimum. Like everyone except maybe TonyC I thought we would lose at Notre Dame that year. There were other tough away games as well. Obviously, I was wrong back then, but my expectation for regular season losses this year is better. [/QUOTE]