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UConn #16 in preseason coaches poll

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Brochacho said:
Maui: #5 Oregon, #6 North Carolina, #10 Wisconsin
OOC: #17 Syracuse
AAC: #25 Cincinnati
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Wait, so based on preseason rankings we are only scheduled to play at most 5 ranked teams?

I think I just gagged a little.
 
BUConn10 said:
Wait, so based on preseason rankings we are only scheduled to play at most 5 ranked teams?

I think I just gagged a little.
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Nothing new, though; we've played a total of 18 ranked teams in the regular season and conference tournament in the 3 years since being relegated to the AAC. Over our final 3 seasons in the Big East we played 29 ranked opponents.
 
BUConn10 said:
Wait, so based on preseason rankings we are only scheduled to play at most 5 ranked teams?

I think I just gagged a little.
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At most we can only play four, as we'll only see at most two of those ranked teams in Maui. Worst case scenario, we lost our first game in Maui, don't play any ranked teams there, and Cinci drops out of the rankings before we get them - we'd be playing only one ranked team. Of course, there's always time for other teams to move in and out of the rankings, though it's unlikely anyone from the AAC outside of us, Cinci, and SMU possibly do so. It's a tough outlook, but what can you do?
 
BUConn10 said:
Wait, so based on preseason rankings we are only scheduled to play at most 5 ranked teams?

I think I just gagged a little.
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If we lose against Oklahoma State in Maui, our best game is against #17 Syracuse in MSG in December. And they may be our only ranked opponent.

Yes, Oklahoma State is a must-win.
 
gwhuskyfan said:
The new Big East would only be 6 ranked teams, so not much of a difference.
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If we were in the BE there would be 7 ranked teams and we would have games against 10 ranked teams across our schedule, plus the games in the BE tournament at THE Garden.
 
About right as JC had UConn pegged in the #10 to #15 range. The team has the talent, the question is is they can put it all together as a team.
 
Stinger92860 said:
If we were in the BE there would be 7 ranked teams and we would have games against 10 ranked teams across our schedule, plus the games in the BE tournament at THE Garden.
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But, if we used our time travel machine, we wouldn't be eligible for the 2017 NCAA tourney. Our games would be in another year.
 
that first game vs ok state scares the bejesus out of me, staten the pg for ok state will probably be the best player on the floor. You have that and the sparkly new hc hire (an actual good coach) in underwood...I take solace in the fact that they have no one else with much talent and are coming off a long stretch of mediocrity. Winning Maui puts the team in prime position for a freaking one seed, its a monster opportunity for the guys.
 
James said:
that first game vs ok state scares the bejesus out of me, staten the pg for ok state will probably be the best player on the floor. You have that and the sparkly new hc hire (an actual good coach) in underwood...I take solace in the fact that they have no one else with much talent and are coming off a long stretch of mediocrity. Winning Maui puts the team in prime position for a freaking one seed, its a monster opportunity for the guys.
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Reminds me of Wichita game in the last Maui
 
James said:
that first game vs ok state scares the bejesus out of me, staten the pg for ok state will probably be the best player on the floor. You have that and the sparkly new hc hire (an actual good coach) in underwood...I take solace in the fact that they have no one else with much talent and are coming off a long stretch of mediocrity. Winning Maui puts the team in prime position for a freaking one seed, its a monster opportunity for the guys.
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Yea if Ford was still the coach I wouldn't be as concerned but Underwood was a beast at SFA.
 
Their PG, Juwan Evans, will be one of the best guards in the country. That being said, they don't have much on the roster after him, and little to no size inside. Between Adams, Purvis, Gilbert and Vital, my hope is that we can match up with him and try to wear him down.
 
BFieldHusky said:
Their PG, Juwan Evans, will be one of the best guards in the country. That being said, they don't have much on the roster after him, and little to no size inside. Between Adams, Purvis, Gilbert and Vital, my hope is that we can match up with him and try to wear him down.
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Wow my bad I called him staten , another player who killed us in a preseason tourney few seasons back.
 
Tenspro2002 said:
If we lose against Oklahoma State in Maui, our best game is against #17 Syracuse in MSG in December. And they may be our only ranked opponent.

Yes, Oklahoma State is a must-win.
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I'm admittedly arguing semantics (it's really important) but calling a November game a must-win is ridiculous.
 
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