You’re right on almost everything you say, jj, but I disagree here. Not much is right in Storrs right now, but they still beat us in talent level handily. They did just beat Texas, after all. Kemba Walker is the small, quick type of guard that gives this defense so much trouble. We have no one to match up with their length, which, as you alluded to, is FSU-esque. The difference between them and FSU is that UCONN has significantly better guard play, which really helped us out against the Noles.

I’ll agree they don’t have any good wins away from home, but they haven’t played terrible out of Storrs: all of their away losses were against teams in the top 60, and they lost by an average of just 5 points a game. They were 3 points away from beating Kentucky, 9 from Duke, and 3 from Georgetown.

Butler might have that weird offense, but they just beat Loyola by 1. They beat Detroit Mercy by 2. When these level teams are sticking with them, I feel a lot more confident, especially considering their two resume wins came with huge caveats – Ohio State didn’t have Evan Turner, far and away their best player, and Xavier got jobbed by the refs.

Oh, and what Ivan said.