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Message: [QUOTE="clbabson, post: 3885510, member: 8760"] Disagree 100%. I don't think you are giving this team the credit they deserve, especially defensively. Offensively, Maryland is the only team IMO that has really been consistent on that side of the ball, but their defense isn't as strong. UCONN is on par with the top teams - there is no dominant team this year. The same things you are saying are applicable to literally any team this year. There are 3 Big East teams other than UCONN in the Top 64 of Massey - Villanova, Seton Hall, and Marquette. Giving up an average of 40 points in the BET is incredible and they didn't even do that in the American, which had an even lower level of competition. Stanford lost to an unranked Colorado team, giving up 77 points. Now they are playing much better now, but so is UCONN. There are examples like this with all the top teams. It's not a normal year. Geno has always said that the Elite 8 game is the hardest one, so I think anyone would expect that to be a challenge, regardless. [/QUOTE]