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I have noticed that so many teams - both women and men - who have had really good years can't make a shot towards the end of the season. Texas's offense has been mostly deplorable since they got #1. Yes, it is partially the defenses, but they also just aren't clicking. Notre Dame as well. Several of the top 10 SEC men's teams have several games struggling to get a basket or just get a win, no matter who they are playing. I think it is just the fatigue of playing in really hard leagues with so many big games. I think that is also what happen to the Lady Vols, which was further intensified since CKC not anticipating that she would need to give the team more rest rather than more brutal workouts. I have a feeling that won't happen again.
 
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LV renaissance said:
I have noticed that so many teams - both women and men - who have had really good years can't make a shot towards the end of the season. Texas's offense has been mostly deplorable since they got #1. Yes, it is partially the defenses, but they also just aren't clicking. Notre Dame as well. Several of the top 10 SEC men's teams have several games struggling to get a basket or just get a win, no matter who they are playing. I think it is just the fatigue of playing in really hard leagues with so many big games. I think that is also what happen to the Lady Vols, which was further intensified since CKC not anticipating that she would need to give the team more rest rather than more brutal workouts. I have a feeling that won't happen again.
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Some teams are peaking this time of year. I’d have to mark that down to coaching. That’s the goal of every program.
 
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I’m super curious how they will seed the teams this year. I can see it playing out a few different ways. Based upon NET, SOS, Quad 1 wins etc etc, it Will be revealing how they place the top 20 teams.
 
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JustaChicken said:
We'll see how the committee shakes things up but I would be pleasantly surprised if we jumped to #1 overall seed
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Strongest case for it if you objectively review resumes. I’m not wanting to argue this one with anyone, it’s solely an opinion. But a quick look at NET, quad one games/wins, top ten wins, top 25 wins……SOS…I think I have a strong case for that opinion in spite of not wanting to argue it with anyone. It’s close in some areas, so I can live with any decision. Just let them all go play now and place them wherever they deserve to be within reason. It will all settle out. It’s a small matter.

There are still 6-7 teams capable of winning the whole thing imo, but I believe 4-5 are the lead horses by a good stretch at the final turn, and March marked that final turn. If there is a dark horse back in the pack waiting to make a late charge it could be a team like UT if they can muster their mojo again from the UConn game and extend it for 6 games.
 
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