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On Monday night at Madison Square Garden, a UConn Huskies team that had attracted a great deal of early-season, negative attention, made positive headlines by defeating Syracuse, 52-50. This was easily their best victory of the young season -- their first when not favored by Basketball Power Index (BPI) -- and evened their record at 4-4. The win gave Huskies fans hope that their team has turned the corner after a rough opening stretch. ?As if the season-opening loss to Wagner on their home court wasnt embarrassing enough for the preseason No. 18 team in the country, UConn followed that performance by losing to Northeastern for the first time since Jim Calhoun was the coach of the Huskies -- the Northeastern Huskies. In fact, Connecticut underperformed their predicted point spread according to the BPI in six of their first seven games, and by an average of 7 points per game, which ranked No. 324 in the country.Now, with the positive momentum of the Syracuse win, can we expect to see UConn in the field of 68 come March? The Huskies projected strength of record may offer a clue.ESPNs Strength of Record (SOR) is a metric that explains how difficult a given won-loss record is to achieve. It can be thought of as a combination of wins and losses versus schedule strength, and helps answer the question of who deserves to be in the tournament. While it doesnt necessarily predict who will get in, over the last nine seasons, 91 percent of at-large NCAA Tournament teams were deemed deserving of an at-large bid by SOR. Since 2008, the worst SOR rank to get an at-large bid was VCU in 2011, which had the 71st best SOR on Selection Sunday (and famously justified their inclusion by making a run to the Final Four). In an average year, the lowest SOR rank that deserves to be in the tournament is 48.If we make the assumption that name recognition would help UConns case if it could achieve an SOR rank of 50 or better, we can perform simulations to determine how likely it is that the Huskies can get to that number.Unfortunately for Huskies fans, the simulations still tell a bleak story. Strength-of-record simulations show that UConn has only about a 3 percent chance of having a strong enough résumé to be considered for an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. Even if they are as fortunate as VCU in 2011, there is only a 12.3 percent chance of having a résumé at least as strong as the Rams that year.The Huskies have been known to redeem weak regular seasons with strong conference tournament (and NCAA) runs in the past, including last season when an improbable AAC Tournament victory got them in the NCAA field despite a subpar regular season résumé. Our numbers say theyll likely need a repeat of that scenario. Although beating Syracuse has them trending in the right direction, that Husky March magic may just be their best shot of reaching the field of 68.For more from ESPN Analytics, visit the ESPN Analytics Index.? Yeezy 700 NZ . The Browns coaching search remains incomplete. Human Race NZ . Dallas hasnt ruled out the star quarterback for Sunday nights game against Philadelphia, but all signs point to Romos back injury pushing Kyle Orton into the starting role after two years of limited play as the backup. Surely Ortons name isnt the first that comes to mind for fans wanting a change after years of damaging interceptions, fumbles or, most infamously, the field goal flub when Romo dropped the snap on a kick that could have won his first playoff game in 2006. http://www.yeezyshoesnz.com/yeezy-powerphase-nz.html . -- Eastern Kentucky thrives off creating havoc for others. Yeezy Shoes NZ Cheap . Irving scored 23 points, Tristan Thompson had 20 points and 10 rebounds and the Cavaliers beat the Denver Nuggets 117-109 on Friday night. Ultra Boost 4.0 NZ . -- Josh Sterk scored once and set up two more as the Oshawa Generals edged the visiting Belleville Bulls 3-2 on Friday in Ontario Hockey League action.PARIS -- Paris Saint-Germain coach Carlo Ancelotti wants to leave the club and says Real Madrid is a possible destination. The Italian had a meeting to discuss his future with club president Nasser Al-Khelaifi and sporting director Leonardo on Sunday. But its believed the recently crowned French league champions are reluctant to release him a year before his contract expires. "We had a meeting and I asked to leave the club," Ancelotti said. "We now have to wait a few days for the clubs response to decide my future and that of the club. "I have options and Real Madrid is one of those. I will wait for the clubs decision. We will decide together because my wish is to leave the club. Its not easy because I have a very good relationship with everyone. Its not the right time to explain my reasons -- and maybe I will never explain." Ancelotti steered PSG to its firsst league title since 1994 last week amid mounting speculation about his future.dddddddddddd He also led the team to the Champions League quarterfinals before it was beaten by Barcelona on away goals. Earlier this week, Al-Khelaifi said he rebuffed an approach from Madrids sporting director for Ancelotti. "Carlo asked to leave for Madrid, but we want him to stay," Leonardo told French sports newspaper LEquipe earlier on Sunday. "There was no firm decision, we listened to Carlo. We have to consider everything for a bit. "The priority is still that he remains with us. We have never contacted other managers." The comments appear to confirm that Jose Mourinho will depart from Madrid at the end of the season. The Portuguese coach has been linked with a return to Chelsea. PSGs final match of the season is at Lorient next weekend. 18:58ET 19-05-13 ' ' '