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Message: [QUOTE="nwhoopfan, post: 2752460, member: 7894"] Which other team has 2 legit POY candidates plus potentially the best PG in the country? I'll answer that for you...nobody. It's almost comical how hard some are trying to make UConn into an underdog. Some teams lost less from last year than UConn, true. Notre Dame went 1-1 vs. UConn last year and of course won the Title. They should be really good again, if Turner is healthy that adds an element they didn't have last year. They also had no PG, somehow they overcame that but it's an issue. Ogunbowale is a potential POY candidate but honestly nobody else is without a quantum leap. Mabrey, Young and Shepard are good players, but just not that caliber. Turner has had a hard time staying healthy and even at her best honestly she's never been anywhere near as good as Collier was as a soph. They've still got the problem of either no true PG, or maybe trust a true Fr. to lead the team? Not quite sure about their incoming recruits. Oregon was good last year but clearly several steps below UConn. To me they are still working on closing the gap rather than being better than UConn, on paper or on the court. Ionescu is a legit POY candidate and maybe best PG in the country. Hebard is good but she's a notch below POY type I'd say. Cazorla is a really good complimentary player. We'll see how much of a soph leap Sabally makes. She was good as a Fr. but inconsistent and had an up and down season. Beyond that core group they have unproven or new players. Baylor is Baylor. Tons of talent and size. They'll cruise through the season, maybe only lose 1 or 2 games...and probably fall short of expectations in the Tourney. It's what they do for the most part. Who else? Louisville had a magical season but Hines-Allen was huge for them, who's replacing her? And Durr, as good as she is, too inconsistent for my taste. I wouldn't be surprised to see them unable to replicate their success from this past season. Mississippi St. has big losses w/ Vivians and several other Sr. from last year. I'm not even taking Texas seriously. I really can't see 4 better teams than UConn. Not remotely. Plus there's the whole Geno thing. The Huskies should be at the Final 4 again. If this is all a set up so UConn fans can claim the team overachieved at the end of the season, I'm not buying it. [/QUOTE]

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