The First Round opponent Mercer is from the Southern Conference and is 124th in Massey's Ratings. That is just 2 below St. John's and above Georgetown (209), Xavier (213), and Butler (327). Their worst loss to a P5 team was @Georgia 67-52, and the worse home loss was to UCF 61-47. They have 15 players, 8 of which are Seniors and their tallest player is 6'3". I have not seen them play but I believe that they would give half of the teams in the Big East a very good run for their money.
If UConn plays their game like they have since the Villanova loss, Mercer doesn't a chance in hell to beat them. But if they are looking past them towards the Florida-UCF winner they will give the Huskys a difficult game. I don't see Momma E and the Seniors letting that happen. Paige is getting better according to Geno, the rest of the team has had time to heal some their aches and pains of Regular Season play so the Huskys will be ready. They will come out hard and fast on the Bears and run circles around them. It won't be as bad as some other first round games, but the Huskys will win and it should be fun to watch, UConn 105 - Mercer 47. All predictions and any changes must be submitted by 1:00 PM Eastern. If a change is submitted it must state that it is a change to the previous prediction. If the change is accepted I will give the requester a "like" to show that I have changed their prediction. This is the tournament edition, if you did not score any points in the regular season, please post your predictions on the Non-qualifiers Prediction Thread. Attached is the Tournament rules and scoring system and good luck to all you prognosticators.
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This game will be nothing more than a “warm-up” for UConn, giving Geno one final opportunity to see what combination of players work best, and who is ready to play under tournament game conditions. 
