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Message: [QUOTE="nwhoopfan, post: 3276800, member: 7894"] I could be wrong, but I seem to recall Geno talking about how difficult Regional Final games are. Have to win that one to get to the Final 4. Any number of big games during the season that are important to position yourself to get favorable seeding/location in the Tourney. As far as Taurasi vs. Ionescu, it's really apples and oranges. You are correct that Sabrina had a poor National semi-final game as an upperclassmen while Diana was just a Fr. Their circumstances were very different though, which adds some context to everything. Taurasi joined a team coming off a National Title who returned just about everybody. UConn was in the process of establishing themselves as the top program in women's hoops (Taurasi certainly played a big role in that). Ionescu joined an Oregon program that had been bad for a long time and had virtually no history to speak of. Ionescu leading an Oregon team that had a fairly mediocre season to the Elite 8 her Fr. year has to be considered a significant accomplishment. I'd say their 3rd round win vs. Maryland was definitely a "big game" and Ionescu played very well in that one. [/QUOTE]