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Message: [QUOTE="DaBball, post: 3246498, member: 8987"] Agreed. 1. Talent and coaching disparities often make for interesting discussions. When we lost to Mississippi State in the Final Four, the talent level wasn't even close. They had two WNBA players in Victoria Vivians and Teaira McCowan, while we had five players who were/are future first round draft picks, as well as Chong. I think Oregon poses some interesting matchups -- Sabally is a mismatch for nearly everyone in the country as a 6-4 wing, Ionescu is just really tough to guard, and Hebard will also be a tough matchup for Nelson-Ododa at this point. It will definitely be something to watch for...Oregon's 5 vs. UConn's 5 and Kelly vs. Geno. I don't think the cal 2. Baylor is certainly much easier to defend without Jackson and Brown, but we are too without Collier and Samuelson. Both teams lose their top 2-3 options, so it'll be interesting to see how Christyn and Megan react to being the opposing defense's top priorities, and same with Cox (without Brown), Cooper, and Smith for Baylor. 3. I sure as heck don't see us losing to Notre Dame this year. It would be a huge disappointment if we did. Not sure if they are on the schedule this year, but Louisville's losses are about equal to UConn's (they lose 39.6 PPG compared to our 39.3 PPG), and our losses are greater than SC's, so while they all lost significant scoring, talent, and experience, we did as well (we didn't lose nearly as much as ND, but we lost about the same as Louisville and South Carolina). I view the Baylor and Oregon games both as being able to go either way. It may just depend on whose day it is. [/QUOTE]

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