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Message: [QUOTE="bags27, post: 2087471, member: 6761"] Well, let's not forget that originally Geno was (gasp!) completely wrong! It turned out that this team actually didn't need to get its ass-kicked. This is unchartered waters for a lot of reasons, and, while there is folk wisdom involved in saying that a loss would release pressure, we have absolutely no idea if that would be true. Maybe it would shatter their swagger. That they performed better after near-misses in no way suggests that they would perform better after an actual loss. Maybe they play better precisely when they see the streak threatened. Maybe they revel in the early assessment that this team isn't as good as previous ones, and each time they extend the streak they prove those folks wrong. And maybe if they do lose a game, they will feel so responsible for letting UConn down that they won't play as well afterwards. maybe, maybe, maybe. None of us knows. But as Geno finally came to admit: the streak will end eventually, but it doesn't have to end with you guys this year. [/QUOTE]