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Message: [QUOTE="ConnHuskBask, post: 2529057, member: 632"] Disagree with you on a couple of points. I don't think I can fully buy the inexperienced excuse. It's college hoop in a one and done era. A lot teams feature a lot of inexperienced players. Our supposed best player is a 22 year old junior who's played a ton of ball the past 2 years. The 2009 UConn squad, we are certainly not, but playing freshman and sophomores is the nature of the game. On top of that leading into the PK80 were 3 games that should have been cupcakes. How many more did we need? Using the current KenPom rankings of the teams we faced, it isn't exactly some insurmountable task with Oregon 61, Mich St 6 and Arkansas 37. Sure we figured to lose to Michigan State, but getting wiped off the floor by a decent, but not great Arkansas team shouldn't have happened. Two more cupcakes and then a decidedly mediocre Cuse team toyed with us for 40 minutes at MSG. Coppin State, one of the worst teams in the NCAA, we barely pulled away until the end. I do agree with you that scheduling away at Arizona and then away at Auburn two days before Christmas was shortsighted, but that is a more logistical complaint than the quality of the opponent. In my opinion, this team would have been exposed eventually. I don't think squeaking by sub 200 RPI teams does us any good in the long run of a season. [/QUOTE]