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Message: [QUOTE="YKCornelius, post: 5312792, member: 9864"] (1) Notre Dame finishes two games above .500 in the ACC. The Irish do not make the semi-finals of their conference tourney, but nonetheless make the NCAA tournament as double-digit seed. McGraw's Bench sees this as a silver lining, since this keep the Irish from of a second round game against a #1 seed. (2) USC succumbs to a difficult travel schedule and falls below .500 in conference. They do not reach the semi-finals of the Big Ten tourney and thus fail to receive an at-large bid to the Big Dance. (3) Stanford, 2-12 away from Maples Pavillion in 2024-25, figures out how to adequately manage X-country travel and despite failing to successfully woo any quality transfers via the portal, bounces back from their rough 2024-25 season and makes the NCAA tourney as a play-in team. Alas, their opponent is the Ivy league runner-up, Harvard, who beats them a second time in tourney history. (4) Tennessee, 6-9 last season in games decided by less than 10 points and 1-4 decided by a single possession, find themselves again in a dozen single-digit decisions, winning half of them. The bad news is that the six losses occur in conference which keeps them from earning a bye in the SEC tournament. The good news is the Lady Vols are given a top 16 seed in the NCAA, and get to host the first two rounds in front of their fans. (5) UConn goes undefeated, winning all of their games by double-digits, and defeats Texas in the semis and UCLA in the finals. Both Sarah Strong and Azzi Fudd earn First Team All-American honors, Serah Williams and KK Arnold earn Second and Third Team honors, respectively, and Blanca Quinonez is named to the All-Freshman First Team. (6) UConn announces a five year extension to Geno's contract, and two days later two Top Five 2026 recruits sign with the Huskies. [/QUOTE]

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