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Message: [QUOTE="Lax Mouse, post: 5686013, member: 8158"] I would agree with Hawk - Cuse is definitely a top 10 team. Should be a top 5 team again if all goes well before the ACC. It's still early and hard to know exactly what will eventually qualify as good/bad losses or wins. But Princeton is a top 5 team and likely a top 2 or 3 team. The loss to Penn State was bad but unfortunately that's what happens when teams have staggered starting dates. That game was pretty even after Q1. (As was last night - Cuse did outscore the Tigers after that 6-0 opening). I thought pollsters dropping them out of the top 10 following that loss was a gross overreaction and incredibly shortsighted. The Harvard loss is more difficult to predict how it'll age but Harvard will likely be a top 15 team when all is said and done and Cuse lost on the road by one. This weekend will go a long way to showing where UMD stacks up with a game against ND. But that's probably a top 10 team at the very least. The next 4 games are huge. Three of those teams will likely be hovering in the top 15-25 range all season and Cuse can't afford any more screwups there after the Harvard loss. They've got to right the ship and take care of business. Georgetown should be another opportunity for a top 10 win before the ACCs (and a long needed home game). Trying to keep a big picture lens on the season - hopefully we'll look back at this two game blip 1-2 months from now and see it for what it is - two tough road losses against a good Harvard squad and an excellent Princeton team. But as I posted before they've got to develop a mental toughness real quick and put this behind them. No time to dwell on it with Penn tomorrow. If they stumble during this next stretch or struggle - that would definitely be a concern. [/QUOTE]

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