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Message: [QUOTE="huskyd, post: 3433548, member: 6488"] ESPN today is writing about "reviving" the program. Why? Because we didn't get past the semis for 3 straight years. BUT, of course, we did get that far: one game shy of the NC game (which we've never lost). ESPN also cites the "bad" loses to Baylor and Oregon, and they were bad. But these weren't exactly slouches; either the Bears or the Ducks will probably win it all. So what's the problem? The great Pogo cartoon strip often said: "The problem is us." We expect to 1. Win, 2. Win Big, 3. Never lose. Is it fair to say that our 2 #1s of recent vintage, Meg and Christyn, aren't as "great" as we hoped? Don't know the answer, but having them hasn't gotten the results in the "big" games. Crystal is the best player on the team (she was a #3 and the top guard when she came in). There's nothing more that she can be doing. Liv is, to me, a disappointment. Consider her performances in the Baylor and Oregon games. And we don't have a quality 5th starter or a game-changing bench player. So: Geno's correct. W/out the best players you don't win NCs. (Think where we'd be with Lauren Cox or Aliyah Boston on our team.) [/QUOTE]