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Message: [QUOTE="BigErnMcCracken, post: 5047409, member: 70"] I don't think people are forgetting it. I think people have a healthy respect for that team, which was clearly among the best 4 or 5 in the history of the program. And when they were cooking they were scary. But people also had concerns about whether Gordon could be "the guy" as late as the BET that year when Okafor was having back issues. Calhoun was still playing mind games with him through the media. There were 5 or 6 teams thought to have a better shot at winning the whole thing when the tournament started. I think you have to consider the dominance of last year's team, who dogwalked everyone in their path, to the point that some Northwestern alums at our house a few weeks after the tournament were bragging that they only lost by 17 in a game that was 40-18 at halftime. [/QUOTE]