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Message: [QUOTE="TheFarmFan, post: 3393797, member: 9403"] It means that Irwin is no Smith, and Cox minus her injuries would be neck and neck with Ionescu for POTY awards - and is a [I]senior[/I]. Even Geno can only do so much coaching. Irwin was not a highly-ranked recruit and his coaching, and her effort, have made her markedly better - to be a starter at UConn, even in a down year, is a remarkable accomplishment. But Cox and Smith came to Baylor as stars in the making and are proving to be just that, and a senior year Cox is way more valuable than a senior year Irwin. Now if someone had asked Mulkey, "Williams and Walker outscored Landrum and Richards 39-4, is that fixable?," I bet Mulkey would have said the same: NO. It's not! Difference was simply that fifth position - PG - Cooper was a little more effective than Dangerfield, and made almost all her free throws down the stretch. That, plus a fourth quarter burst from Smith, was enough while UConn was inexplicably bricking left, right, and center. It's also notable that Baylor's bench barely played more minutes than UConn's, nor scored all that much more (7 points to 3). Difference was defense in the second half - Cox and Richards are incredible defenders, and there was no one to contain Smith once both teams started to look a little gassed. [/QUOTE]