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Message: [QUOTE="oldhusky, post: 4495767, member: 9844"] I think minus the word "monumental" I would tend to agree. Going into this season minus Paige and Ice I thought we could still contend for the Final Four, and might possibly get a number 1 seed, but believed that South Carolina and Stanford were at least after our injuries, a notch or two ahead of the rest of the field. We have played well enough under adversity to believe that if healthy, we could be the 3rd or 4th best team in the land. That is a pretty major accomplishment with no Paige or Ice. Those losses partly due to injuries, however, are still part of the overall record and could keep us at a 2 seed. If we can't get a 1 seed, being the first or second best 2 seed is a worthy goal and could make a sizable difference. The reason is we might then avoid being in the same bracket as South Carolina or Stanford, and instead face one of the two lower 1 seeds that we could be favored against. The path to the Final Four if we wind up 3-6 overall is much easier than if we are lower than that, and have to beat South Carolina or Stanford just to get to the Final Four. Getting there would be a major accomplishment without our best player, and if we do, I believe we certainly have a shot at it, even against South Carolina or Stanford, but at that point i think we would likely be the underdog in the championship game, but you never know. [/QUOTE]