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Message: [QUOTE="bballnut90, post: 2313114, member: 2117"] Match ups and being the better team are the the biggest factor which is a major credit to Geno for always having his players ready and putting themselves in a position as the heavy favorite. If you break down the 11 title games, you have: 1995 and 2003...Very evenly matched against Tennessee. Connecticut was technically the favorite, but a lot of people thought Tennessee might take the title in both years. 2004-Huskies were a 2 seed but were everyone's pick once the Final Four came around. Tennessee was a 1 seed, but they were hobbled with injuries and barely made it to the finals, nearly losing the last 3 tournament games. Connecticut was peaking with a massive win at home over Penn State and a solid win over Minnesota. 2000, 2002, 2010, 2014, 2015-Huskies were the heavy favorites in these despite playing the #2 team in the country. In 2000, I remember Anne Meyers stating that out of 37 writers predicting the game, 33 predicted UCONN would win. 2002, 2010, 2014 and 2015 all faced UCONN against great teams, but similar to 2000, most predicted that UCONN would win a relatively comfortable game. 2009, 2013, 2016-Huskies were a massive favorite against an overwhelmed Cinderella squad and crushed them en route to a title. If UCONN were to make it through the semifinals in the 7 years they lost, they'd probably be 14-4 or 15-3: 1991..if they played Tennessee they would've been the underdog here, and I think Tennessee wins 1996...they'd be the favorite to beat Georgia. I think UCONN would've won that game. 2001...UCONN would have been favored, but honestly I think it would've been a total toss up against that Purdue squad. 2008...UCONN was the #1 overall seed, but Tennessee wins this one 2011...UCONN beats A&M 2012...Baylor would've been the heavy favorite and likely wins 2017...UCONN would've been the heavy favorite and I think beats SC [/QUOTE]

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