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Message: [QUOTE="Jorgensen, post: 4573959, member: 10805"] The Athletic staff posted their picks - again a lot of love for our guys with 5 of 13 picking us to at least reach the FF. Eamonn Brennan - lose title game to Purdue Jeff Hollinger - lose in FF (Bama/Texas title game) Brendan Marks (Duke/UNC beat writer) - we beat Bama for the title [I]“Marquette may have squeaked past UConn in the Big East tournament, but that doesn’t mean the [URL='https://theathletic.com/college-basketball/team/washington-huskies-college-basketball/']Huskies[/URL] still aren’t one of the most balanced and capable teams in the country. (Plus, here’s to betting Dan Hurley learns from his mistake and calls timeout the next time his team is in a similar position.) Alabama has been one of the most consistent teams in the country all season … but I’m betting all the external noise around the Tide will end up being a distraction when it matters most. With a top-10 offense and top-20 defense — prerequisites, of sorts, to win a title — and more encouraging guard play the last six weeks, why can’t [URL='https://theathletic.com/college-basketball/team/connecticut-huskies-college-basketball/']UConn[/URL] come out of a wide-open field to take its fourth national title in the last 20 years?”[/I] Joe Rexrode (Nashville writer) - lose in FF (Texas/Purdue title game) Brendan Quinn - we beat AZ for the title [I]“The Huskies are one of only two teams playing with a top-20 offense and top-20 defense over the past month (The other? [URL='https://theathletic.com/college-basketball/team/duke-blue-devils-college-basketball/']Duke[/URL].) Pretty good combination. The Huskies have experience, are the best offensive rebounding team in the country and can beat you in a variety of ways. Point guard play and shaky perimeter shooting scares me, as does Dan Hurley’s penchant for losing himself, but I’ve long liked UConn’s makeup and a program with natties in 1999, 2004, ’09 [/I](sic)[I], ’11 and ’14 is due.”[/I] [/QUOTE]

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