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Message: [QUOTE="EricLA, post: 2752607, member: 26"] You probably weren't here on the BY, or don't recall. Just because the pollsters picked us 1 and 3 didn't mean anything. Some people think if you win the NC the prior you, you are automatically #1 the next season, no matter what, until you lose. From UCONN fans' perspectives, and we had a ton of threads and posts about it, we lost probably the greatest trio in UCONN history. Probably the best all around player ever (Stewie), arguably the best PG (Jefferson), and all around smooth sensation and All American glue player (Tuck). We had no starting experienced PG the following year (Chong ended up being that person), Williams and Nurse were needed to take on huge increased responsibilities, Lou and Pheesa were coming off good freshmen years, but no one knew what the sophomore leap would be, and not a single returning player was an AA the previous season. It's possible that other teams lost more, or didn't have much coming back, but the general consensus on the BY was that the elite 8 was about our ceiling and anything after that would be gravy. Yes there were some that felt final 4 or NC, but most of us felt elite 8. As it turned out, Chong was very solid, Pheesa, Lou, Gabby and Kia turned out to have sensational seasons, and by the time the NCAA's rolled around, expectations had certainly shifted. [/QUOTE]