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Message: [QUOTE="Bone Dog, post: 4560604, member: 12088"] Indiana lost to good teams [B]because they ran out of gas[/B], not because of injuries. There's no one coming to rescue them. That's the point of NET, to reflect how teams are playing in March. It matters more for seeding considerations. We may not like it and argue that resumé should count more, but that's not the reality. We took two losses to middling teams in February -- that definitely hurt our chances -- but the return of Azzi made a startling difference [B]even though she didn't score much[/B]. This puts those losses into context. The committee (and every other coach) has to be thinking: [B]"What will they be like when Azzi starts hitting 3s like she did in November?"[/B] If Azzi hadn't come back, or hadn't made a difference in the way we play, I think we'd be a solid 3 seed. The other thing the committee knows is that like SC and Stanford, UConn already knows what it feels like to play under tournament pressure. 6 of our veterans (if you include Amari who played in the NC game last year) know what kind of resolve winning a FF game demands. No-one besides SC has that kind of experience. As someone in another thread (or maybe earlier in this one) any 1 seed who gets us as the 2 seed in their bracket is going to be screaming bloody murder. Remember NC St last year. I suspect the committee will seek to avoid this if they can. Of course, if we don't win decisively over Villanova, all bets are off. [/QUOTE]