Sounds about right. Everyone immediately thinks the missing player would have scored their average, in this case 14 pts/game. However, ND as a team only scored about 60% of their average, so maybe Turner's 14 pts becomes half that.Just like having Achonwa unavailable for the NC game, I'd say both would be worth about a 7-8 point swing towards ND. Before people jump up and down about Achonwa remember that ND had a few players hit a trio of 3-pointers from about mid court (exaggerating) which most likely are shots that wouldn't have been taken had Achonwa been in the game and ND was not desperate for some sort of scoring at that time.
I say Turner would have been worth 7+8 points not because it's what she would have scored (altho that's possible) but because I don't think she stops any of the UCONN scorers and it's hard to say what a freshman would have scored against UCONN's defense.
Exactly my answer to the Achonwa question last year. It's not like UConn is barely winning these games where one player might have made a difference. Unless that one player is LeBron James, UConn was always going to win these games.Turner may have made it a little closer, but the outcome would have been the same. UCONN wins.
And by the time the tourney rolls around, UCONN and ND will be different teams.I would rather not. There is no way of knowing, and there will be no way of knowing unless we meet them in the tourney and ALL players are healthy and ready to go
What's the point?
With Turner, maybe 10-15 pt game. Closer but I don't think she's a 20 pt turn around- just my opinion!Don't think Morgan has an easy time driving to the basket and scoring if Turner is guarding her instead of Reimer. I cast my vote for option one since if thought ND would win if Turner played.
Gabby would have gotten 25!!!One player can't make that much of a difference, right?
Would it have made a difference if Tuck hadn't been able to play?
Maybe, maybe not. The law of the predetermined outcome notwithstanding.One player can't make that much of a difference, right?
Would it have made a difference if Tuck hadn't been able to play?