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Message: [QUOTE="EricLA, post: 3793272, member: 26"] If all teams played their A games, UCONN would win by 10+ vs. SC IMHO, and 15+ against Baylor. Baylor lost 3 to graduation - Landrum (PG), Cooper (SG) and Cox (forward). SC lost their PG Harris and top 10 draft pick Herbert Harrigan. And yes UCONN lost Danger and Walker. I've said before that as good as Walker was last season (AA), she did not coexist well with Williams on offense. UCONN's current biggest problem on the offensive end is 3-point shooting. Our defense IMHO is better already than last year and we still have a ways to go to work on it. If our shooters go 4-24, or some such number, on 3-pointers against any good team, it will be problematic. So when I say "bring our A game", that means Paige hitting her 3's, Anna going 2-5, and Christyn/Evina both going 2-6. That's actually B or B+ shooting, but certainly enough to 10-26 if Paige goes 4-9 or something similar. My point is Baylor lost quite a bit more than we did. And what they bring back / bring in is just not as good as what we have. Aaliyah and Paige are NOT playing like freshmen at this time. SC lost about what we did. But their sophomores are really good. Still, are they as good as our 2 juniors and new red shirt junior? I just don't think so. And even tho Paige is a freshman, I like her matchup against Henderson any day of the week and twice on Sunday come march. People had SC ranked #1 to start the season and while I'm not surprised they lost, my ranking was UCONN and Stanford at the top, followed by SC and then Baylor a bit lower. IMHO Baylor does not make the final 4 and SC is about 60-40. That's my assessment right now. Obviously still 2 months of basketball to play before tourneys even start. Plenty of time for teams to gel better and improve. But again, Even if UCONN plays A- and Baylor/SC played their A game, I think we win. Anything less and we likely lose. [/QUOTE]

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