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Message: [QUOTE="Sphinx, post: 4842767, member: 4623"] I agree that as far as maintaining current perceptions, UConn is playing with house money tonight. If they lose, they're the third top 4 team to lose to a unranked opponent on the road this week. It happens. Ho-hum. Beat G'town Sunday, take a 14-3 record into next Monday, and you'll see very little change in the polls, probably less in the NET. UConn will remain a high-seed team awaiting return of its franchise player. Beat Xavier, however, and the house money gets parlayed big-time. UConn becomes the Top 4 team that held serve, joins the #1 conversation, and starts pundits positing that a 2nd straight natty in possible with or without its star player. It'll be a fun week, dispatching G'town, getting news that DC is back on the practice floor, and anticipating the Creighton/Villanova showdowns. Beat Xavier! [/QUOTE]