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Message: [QUOTE="bballnut90, post: 3301159, member: 2117"] Yeah, they should've won in 2001, I'm not questioning that. The team was less than the sum of its parts for whatever reason even though they returned virtually the exact same roster but mixed in DT. DT had immensely talented teammates, but they didn't perform up to par that year. Looking back which group of players had more talent? 2001 for sure. Who would I rather have as teammates [B]at that point in time[/B]? 2013 no question. Faris/Dolson/KML were much more polished products than the likes of Cash/Jones/Williams even though those 3 went on to be much better pros than the 2013 crop. You're also underestimating the importance of losing BOTH Ralph and Abrosimova late in the season. Whether you argue they were better without them or not, that's a major blow that Taurasi's team endured on 2 separate occasions that Stewart's didn't. And you're overrating Schumacher. She had 2 standout games that people remember, but in reality her UCONN career pales in comparison to a player like Kia Stokes who was buried on the bench in 2012-13 because she had better players in front of her. Also, lastly, the better teammates debate between Taurasi/Stewart...the biggest argument is that Taurasi worked with far less talent in 2003/2004 than Stewart did in any of her 4 years. Stewart had the better freshman season, I'm not questioning that. But she clearly had a ton of talent around her all 4 years. [/QUOTE]