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Message: [QUOTE="Bigpetunia, post: 2450484, member: 1772"] Meyers, my friend, I really enjoy your posts, so please don't misinterpret this as snarkiness on my part. Still, if I had any prior trepidation about the likely outcome of this game (I didn't), you have successfully erased them! Didn't you make a similar prediction about one of the recent road trip games? Was it UCLA?? Or is this just a strategy you secretly employ (as I suspect) to guarantee a Husky victory? I always respect Notre Dame, mainly owing to my respect for Muffett, but I think this game presents less of a defensive coaching challenge to Geno than previous ND/UConn matchups. Sadly, owing primarily to injury, ND just doesn't have the down low presence to compete, so the resultant ability for Geno to focus on limiting the effectiveness of ND guard play increases exponentially. ND's guards are great, but they're going to be face-guarded by far better defensive players than they've previously faced. Down low, Shepard (who never should have gotten a waiver to play this year) just isn't the answer...not fast or athletic enough. Lots of folks here have expressed worry about Z accumulating fouls. I think this prospect represents a far greater threat to a thin ND team, and to Shepard in particular. I see this as a 15 point UConn victory, though I think the lead will exceed 15 earlier in the game. Now predictions are just predictions, and I may be proved stunningly wrong here, in which case you will be the recipient of my public apology...but I just don't see it! [/QUOTE]

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