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[QUOTE="businesslawyer, post: 4048323, member: 55"]
The best comparison to the upcoming season was 94-95, the year we lost to UCLA in the Regional Final.  We had graduated Donyell Marshall, coming off the first time a UConn player had ever been a first team All American, but returned all the important pieces around him.  Four starters (Ollie, Donny Marshall, Knight and Sheffer), along with a guy who came off the bench the prior year named Ray Allen.  And the team was better than they were the prior year.

The difference is that year we were looking at Ray Allen to replace Donyell as the star.  This year, we have a bunch of candidates to take up the role as the go to guy -- Sanogo, Akok, Jackson, Hawkins -- but we have absolutely no certainty that any of them will be able to do it.  It will be an interesting season.  I wouldn't be shocked if we're no better than we were last year, but I also wouldn't be shocked if we get to the second weekend with a realistic shot at moving further.
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