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Us vs the field

I just saw that. I’m not a betting man, but I think that implies a 50% chance of UConn winning a national title.
 
And now we find out what our mental toughness is.....

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Any sane bettor would take the field.

Big picture for me is UConn has returned to the spotlight nationally where it's the only program this year that makes that bet seem like a reasonable proposition.

No one is using Purdue, Houston, Arizona or any other team for that proposition.

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The 2006-07 Florida Gators, defending national champions, reached Christmas that season with only two losses. They then embarked on a 17-game winning streak, leaving little doubt about the identity of the top team in the land. Perhaps a bit bored, the Gators dropped three of five to end the regular season before eviscerating their SEC and NCAA tournament competition (nine straight wins and an average victory margin of 16 points). If this all sounds a little like the 2023-24 UConn Huskies, it's with good reason. These Huskies didn't return five starters like the 2006-07 Gators -- no one does in today's game -- but UConn is following a similar script. And the Huskies have been just as dominant during their current 14-game winning streak, leaving little doubt they'll be favored to defend their NCAA title. You want Connecticut or the field next month? These Huskies are making it a very tough question.

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HooperScooper said:
The 2006-07 Florida Gators, defending national champions, reached Christmas that season with only two losses. They then embarked on a 17-game winning streak, leaving little doubt about the identity of the top team in the land. Perhaps a bit bored, the Gators dropped three of five to end the regular season before eviscerating their SEC and NCAA tournament competition (nine straight wins and an average victory margin of 16 points). If this all sounds a little like the 2023-24 UConn Huskies, it's with good reason. These Huskies didn't return five starters like the 2006-07 Gators -- no one does in today's game -- but UConn is following a similar script. And the Huskies have been just as dominant during their current 14-game winning streak, leaving little doubt they'll be favored to defend their NCAA title. You want Connecticut or the field next month? These Huskies are making it a very tough question.

www.espn.com

Men's Bracketology: How the projected NCAA tournament field is taking shape

The selection show is almost here! Here's the latest look at what we're expecting when it starts.
www.espn.com
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I made this analogy to Florida a few weeks ago. Lunardi doesn't mention this, but their 2006 team has a lot of parallels to our team last year.
 
Tenspro2002 said:
I made this analogy to Florida a few weeks ago. Lunardi doesn't mention this, but their 2006 team has a lot of parallels to our team last year.
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Not so sure about this. The '06 team, while supremely talented, always had the feeling of being fatally flawed. The lack of quickness and ball handling on the perimeter was always apparent, but it didn't often matter because we just buried teams inside.
 
Excalibur said:
Not so sure about this. The '06 team, while supremely talented, always had the feeling of being fatally flawed. The lack of quickness and ball handling on the perimeter was always apparent, but it didn't often matter because we just buried teams inside.
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I meant 2006 Florida and 2023 UConn have a lot of parallels (which Lunardi doesn't talk about), along with 2007 Florida and 2024 UConn having a lot of parallels so far (which he does).
 
Vegas has UConn +500 or something, so the field would be like -600.

That said, nice commentary from the Worldwide Leader.
 
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Tenspro2002 said:
I meant 2006 Florida and 2023 UConn have a lot of parallels (which Lunardi doesn't talk about), along with 2007 Florida and 2024 UConn having a lot of parallels so far (which he does).
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Is it though? I don't really see the 2007 vs 2024 parallel. Their top 7 rotation players all returned for the 2007 season, we lost our 3 best players to the NBA
 
Tenspro2002 said:
I meant 2006 Florida and 2023 UConn have a lot of parallels (which Lunardi doesn't talk about), along with 2007 Florida and 2024 UConn having a lot of parallels so far (which he does).
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Got it. I need to work on reading comprehension, apparently.
 
navery12 said:
Is it though? I don't really see the 2007 vs 2024 parallel. Their top 7 rotation players all returned for the 2007 season, we lost our 3 best players to the NBA
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It's almost as if they acknowledged that elephant in the room in making the comparison. Almost.

"If this all sounds a little like the 2023-24 UConn Huskies, it's with good reason. These Huskies didn't return five starters like the 2006-07 Gators -- no one does in today's game -- but UConn is following a similar script."
 
Chin Diesel said:
It's almost as if they acknowledged that elephant in the room in making the comparison. Almost.

"If this all sounds a little like the 2023-24 UConn Huskies, it's with good reason. These Huskies didn't return five starters like the 2006-07 Gators -- no one does in today's game -- but UConn is following a similar script."
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Exactly, which is why I don't think it's a good comparison
 
navery12 said:
Exactly, which is why I don't think it's a good comparison
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The 2006-07 Florida Gators, defending national champions, reached Christmas that season with only two losses. They then embarked on a 17-game winning streak, leaving little doubt about the identity of the top team in the land. Perhaps a bit bored, the Gators dropped three of five to end the regular season before eviscerating their SEC and NCAA tournament competition (nine straight wins and an average victory margin of 16 points). If this all sounds a little like the 2023-24 UConn Huskies, it's with good reason.

A defending champion.
2 Losses before New Year's
A major winning streak to start off the new year.
#1 ranking by February.

And you don't think that's a good comparison to this year's UConn team.

You keep doing you.
 
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Chin Diesel said:
The 2006-07 Florida Gators, defending national champions, reached Christmas that season with only two losses. They then embarked on a 17-game winning streak, leaving little doubt about the identity of the top team in the land. Perhaps a bit bored, the Gators dropped three of five to end the regular season before eviscerating their SEC and NCAA tournament competition (nine straight wins and an average victory margin of 16 points). If this all sounds a little like the 2023-24 UConn Huskies, it's with good reason.

A defending champion.
2 Losses before New Year's
A major winning streak to start off the new year.
#1 ranking by February.

And you don't think that's a good comparison to this year's UConn team.

You keep doing you.
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They both dominated the first 2/3 of the season after winning it all but there's not a lot of similarities in team makeup and development. The 07 Gators had basically been playing together for 20 months when they won it all
 
The previous program (Duke 91-92) to win two straight had all of their starters coming back as well. This team being this good is really something.
 
Chin Diesel said:
The 2006-07 Florida Gators, defending national champions, reached Christmas that season with only two losses. They then embarked on a 17-game winning streak, leaving little doubt about the identity of the top team in the land. Perhaps a bit bored, the Gators dropped three of five to end the regular season before eviscerating their SEC and NCAA tournament competition (nine straight wins and an average victory margin of 16 points). If this all sounds a little like the 2023-24 UConn Huskies, it's with good reason.

A defending champion.
2 Losses before New Year's
A major winning streak to start off the new year.
#1 ranking by February.

And you don't think that's a good comparison to this year's UConn team.

You keep doing you.
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I feel like you have to be intentionally missing the point right? All of that may be true, yet the teams are not remotely similar in how they're made up which is what we're talking about here
 
navery12 said:
Is it though? I don't really see the 2007 vs 2024 parallel. Their top 7 rotation players all returned for the 2007 season, we lost our 3 best players to the NBA
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With all this I think it’s evident that Danny is preferring to follow Genos way compared to everyone else’s. Just a feeling. It’s absolute devastation we are bringing as of Saturday. Just like GAs teams a decade ago. This is going to be a long and enjoyable ride.
 
navery12 said:
I feel like you have to be intentionally missing the point right? All of that may be true, yet the teams are not remotely similar in how they're made up which is what we're talking about here
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The point you've whiffed on several times is performance over a two-year period. It was never about roster composition.
 
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Chin Diesel said:
The point you've whiffed on several times is performance over a two-year period. It was never about roster composition.
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Which is my point, that's a dumb comparison. Any comparison ignoring roster composition is not worth the time of day. What we're doing is so unique with the roster turnover we had. Maybe if you put a 4th laughing emoji I'll finally get it though
 
-150 odds that we make the Final Four. Has there ever been a line like that??
 
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