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Message: [QUOTE="jonson, post: 3023661, member: 6034"] I realize that you are very positive about your team and coach--and rightly so--but I think it's also worth noting that the team you would be facing is quite a bit better than the one that beat Mississippi State in Eugene. Four different starters have scored 30+ in a game since the beginning of the Pac 12 season, and Maite Cazorla, whom I sure you remember, looked like she would make it 5 by the end of the first quarter today. Satou Sabally, who was basically non-existent last December (I don't think she even played in the fourth quarter) has suddenly realized just how good she is and is averaging about 20 pts and 7 rebounds since the beginning of this year (see her play against Utah, for example), while Boley (another non-contributor in last fall's game) is actually playing a bit of defense, doing some rebounding, and shooting (since January 1) 52% from 3 and (I think) leads the Pac 12 in 3 point shots made. (The shooting isn't a surprise but the first two are.) That doesn't of course mean that your team wouldn't win or another team will win the Pac 12, and I assume Mississippi State has improved as well--minus Bibby, however, who required a lot of attention in Eugene--but I think Oregon will be a tougher out next time around than it was last December. [/QUOTE]