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Message: [QUOTE="bballnut90, post: 2406493, member: 2117"] I don't think that's true at all...winning close games is usually indicative of mental toughness and ability to stay focused and execute when the pressure is highest. For example, during the stretch where Notre Dame won several close games vs. UCONN, they executed in the clutch moments where UCONN didn't, and that was the difference between two very evenly matched teams. When Maryland won the title in 2006, they were something like 6-0 in overtime games that year. Their confidence and toughness down the stretch was the difference. I'm not saying UCONN is a mentally weak team, nor has Geno had mentally weak teams, but to say close games are a coin flip is wrong IMO. [/QUOTE]