Originally Posted by Smitty10
Some have said they are rooting for Florida to win it all because losing to the eventual champs looks better for our season.
To me, this season is Elite 8 for us and our story is closed. I'm rooting for UConn to win it because they will be with us in San Juan next season and it would be cool to have a game against the defending champs.
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UConn has already beaten UF once this season.
UConn this year is very much like Dayton. Like the Flyers, the Huskies have demonstrated that they can play with and defeat anyone. Also like the Flyers, UConn can lose to teams they should beat.
The most interesting, indeed amazing, thing about UConn is the coach, Kevin Ollie. Ollie had never been a head coach at any level when he took over from Calhoun two years ago. In fact, he was an assistant coach for only two years. And, the team he inherited from Calhoun lost five of its first six players, two who were NBA lottery picks.
Starting with a group of bench players,....and one All-American PG who stayed,...Ollie's two teams have been very successful.
Ollie's life, beginning in a Watts
ghetto, would make a great movie script. He is one of a kind,...everyone loves him. (I might add, Ollie's story shows that hiring a coach is pretty much of a crap shoot.)