But before this season, North Carolina State was picked to win the A.C.C. title, raising expectations and the pressure on the team.
United already solidified their fourth place finish, an improvement from their previous season under David Moyes but still short of title challenging expectations.
National discussion about the "preponderance of the evidence" standard came to the fore after the Office for Civil Rights released a "Dear Colleague" letter delineating Title IX expectations for university response to gender discrimination, particularly regarding sexual assault.
At the same time, the grand titles raise expectations to an exalted level.
The titles and expectations for these roles vary internationally.
Perhaps because of the title, my expectation from the book was to learn more about human biological monitoring, but the focus was more toward ecosystems monitoring.
When Marotta claimed that the club had 30 titles the expectation was that Juventus would add a third star to its jersey this season as each star on an Italian team's jersey indicates 10 Serie A titles.
It's tough to go into a movie with such a provocative title without having expectations raised through the roof.
Though he didn't win the tournament (Woods hung on, collecting the second of his fourteen majors), he did assume the title, and the expectations, of golf's Next Big Thing.
