This National Ranking Has UConn #10

[AntG168]

I want to go into these 2 tournaments like in 11 and 14, under the radar and with no respect from the media morons. Every time we advanced they were all surprised and predicted the next game was the last.

In 2011 we weren't under the radar. We literally have one championship where we were this incredible massive underdog and fans really think that its a blueprint for success

 

[Kolumbo]

Absolutely. Not so much for us as to protect the top seeds in the tournament.

It’s not fair to potentially throw a 4-seed in 8-seed’s clothing at a 1 in the first weekend.

I couldn't remember how it was that UConn and Kentucky were 7 and 8 seeds in 2014.

 

[VAHuskyFan]

I couldn't remember how it was that UConn and Kentucky were 7 and 8 seeds in 2014.

A week before Selection Sunday 2014, Louisville beat us by 33 points (33!). We deserved to be in the tournament, but it was not a situation like this year where we are clearly significantly better than our full-season resume would suggest.

Kentucky was a 10-loss team and dropped 5 of their last 10. Classic 8-seed resume and again nothing to suggest they had suddenly put it all together at the end of the season and were outplaying their overall resume.

We both just played well when it counted.

 

[jibsey]

In 2011 we weren't under the radar. We literally have one championship where we were this incredible massive underdog and fans really think that its a blueprint for success

We weren't under the radar in 11 going into the BE tournament? We weren't flying high. Our fanbase was depressed. (See MakersMuppet).

 

[gtcam]

If you don't win all this is out the window
Lose in the 1st game of the NBE tournament and UConn ends up in that dreaded place of playing the #1 seed in game 2 of the dance
This team needs to make the NBE finals to get the recognition it wants/deserves - sad but true
JUST WIN

 

[HooperScooper]

The simplest thing is to keep winning. The committee will not do the right thing.

 

[olehead]

I couldn't remember how it was that UConn and Kentucky were 7 and 8 seeds in 2014.

I can (for us) A. A. C.

 

[upstater]

We weren't under the radar in 11 going into the BE tournament? We weren't flying high. Our fanbase was depressed. (See MakersMuppet).

For the BET we were under the radar.

But for the NCAA we were the 4th most popular choice to win it all by brackets. Definitely not under the radar for the NCAA.

 

[T-Squared]

Y’all getting ahead of yourselves wondering how the Huskies will be seeded in the NCAA Tournament. Let’s win a game in the BET first before you lose your because we didn’t get a 5-seed...

 

[Austin316]

Y’all getting ahead of yourselves wondering how the Huskies will be seeded in the NCAA Tournament. Let’s win a game in the BET first before you lose your because we didn’t get a 5-seed...

I agree. Winning the BET will be a massive facelift alone. One step at a time.

 

[ScuderiaDiU]

Like I said in another thread, our seed will be 8-BET Ws. Win 0, get an 8. Win 1, get a 7. And so on.

Sagarin is dead on, as usual. By far the best power rating system. Like all of these systems, they are backward looking. They only rate how a team has played to date, not how they will play in the future. Sagarin just does that unbiased rating the most accurately. If it says we are #10 in recent games, that is what we have been. I prefer to be rising than falling.

 

[zls44]

I actually disagree. If injuries can knock a team down, why can't health launch a team up a line?

Well, according to Mike Decourcey, UConn isn't vastly better with Bouknight since they lost to Creighton and Villanova with him and only beat USC and oh my God my head hurts from how stupid his argument is

 

[krinklecut]

We weren't under the radar in 11 going into the BE tournament? We weren't flying high. Our fanbase was depressed. (See MakersMuppet).

we were ranked as a top 20 team going into the BE tournament. what radar are you talking about?

 

[huskyinfl]

Is this thing on you need to be able to hit free throws under pressure to win the tournament we need All the free points we can get