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[QUOTE="Husky25, post: 3372666, member: 2839"]
The problem with this years team is not their performance necessarily. It is fan expectation in a What-have-you-done-for-me-lately/I-want-it-all-and-I-want-it-now environment.

I was told last week to stop comparing this year's team to the Ollie years (Not going to, by the way... but someone drew a fine line between 6-3 and 9-0, where I said that in the past, that fine line would be between 6-3 and 3-6.). The same goes for the Calhoun era. In non-obvious NIT years, my personal expectation  for UConn was Sweet 16. I think that's were some were expecting UConn to leap back.

Hurley comes from elite coaching stock, no doubt, and has proven himself as a fine coach at lower tiers. While the future looks bright, the fact remains that he is still a bit unproven among the elites and, given his UConn inheritance, a middle seed in the Dance is not out of the realm. However a high NIT birth (i.e. easier perceived path to MSG) is still far more likely.
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