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Message: [QUOTE="OttoMets, post: 1039061, member: 716"] Yeah, I'm OK with that. I've just been relentlessly beating this dead horse that the 2006 team is (poor word choice) overrated. The McNamara/Big East combo colors some people's opinions (Waters included, it seems). Based on the eye test, 2006 should be way down there. Based simply on looking at what they lost and how much returning players improved in the 2006 offseason, it's even crazier. Lose McNamara, but gain Rautins adding 5 points to his average and becoming a third shooting threat, Nichols adding that much and shooting something like the third-best percentage in school history as a legitimately great scorer, and Harris adding things at both ends of the floor. That's a real improvement. 2007 was a significantly better team; they just didn't make the splash in New York that could get them remembered (or rewarded with an NCAA bid). [/QUOTE]