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Message: [QUOTE="hoophuskee, post: 4311150, member: 3535"] It was a myth that UCONN "completely dominated" other than a rare year. 1--- 95-96 in NCAA's they barely beat Vga in E8 and I wouldn't say in title game it was without-a-doubt UCONN would win. 2--- 99-00 might have been - but they did lose once to Tenn during the season. And before the title game, I'm not so sure UCONN was thought of at a level that they would undoubtedly "dominate" Tenn. 3--- The 01-02 team, look at that title game vs Oklahoma. That game wasn’t decided until DT fouled out Stacey Dales. 4--- The 02-03 and -03-04 teams were hardly dominant. 5-- The -09-10 team vs Stanford the game was 23-15 at halftime. I'm not sure I would call that game "domination." 6-- The 12-13 team was beaten by ND 3 times and Baylor once leading up to the NCAA Tourney. They wound up "dominating" but it was hardly "a year of domination." 7--- The 13-14 and 14-15 teams - The 13-14 team was undefeated going into NCAA's as was ND. Both teams were cruising for an eventual championship undefeated matchup before ND lost one of their star players. The very next year ND and UCONN fought an extremely hard fought game. No way was that "domination." I think it’s a bit of a disservice to suggest UCONN winning was holding back the game if any one were to suggest that. It’s the players getting better that leads to more popularity. [/QUOTE]