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I think ND has some physically strong/bulky offensive players that bully their way to the basket.
You have the best coach and get the best players every year---that is not your problem. Your problem is the crappy league to which you belong. If you were in the ACC, SEC, PAC12 or other power league, you would not go undefeated in the regular season every year, but those one or two losses and consistently playing better competition would better prepare you for the postseason. Just my opinion.I'm hoping UConn either recruits or develops some muscle on the inside - which they haven't had the last two years. Stevens is great when she is under the basket. Against average players, she can make a move and get there. However, against a talented player with some bulk (such as ND's Miraculous Transfer), she can get bullied out of the paint. When that happens, she doesn't have the ability to make them pay by consistently hitting 12 foot shots, and her scoring is limited to offensive rebounds or the few times she manages to catch the ball right under the basket. A player with some bulk would be a nice complement to her inside game, and UConn needs that because as we saw last night, there are going to be times when they aren't shooting well from outside, and they need another way to score easy baskets.
Yes I know they don't duck playing the top teams, which is noble, but it's not the same as a consistently tough conference schedule.Have you seen the out of conference schedule the last two years Inky?
They play almost everyone and won. They just played two gritty excellent teams the last two years and didn't respond.
That being said, their starters out free throwed uconn Starters 23-1. 23-6 overall. Not complaining about the refs, although the overtime was terrible.
You have the best coach and get the best players every year---that is not your problem. Your problem is the crappy league to which you belong. If you were in the ACC, SEC, PAC12 or other power league, you would not go undefeated in the regular season every year, but those one or two losses and consistently playing better competition would better prepare you for the postseason. Just my opinion.
Yes I know they don't duck playing the top teams, which is noble, but it's not the same as a consistently tough conference schedule.
Good comments and analysis Khalid!By the way I salute all the girls on all the teams for competing so hard. Louisville probably had the toughest loss of all 3 tough loss games, because they had a seemingly untouchable lead which dissolved in part due to a bad technical foul one of their players took for slapping the floor with both hands after being called for a personal foul. The tech maybe should not have been called, and then there was a rough sequence of events for the Ville after that play that ultimately caused them to blow the game. The high level pain of Louisville is now being shared by UConn, and MSU. Only one team gets to cut down the nets.