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Message: [QUOTE="willtalk, post: 3207548, member: 1220"] In the WNCAA's there are multiple factors that can influence the outcome. It isn't just how solid your team is, but how many other solid teams are competing against you and how well do you match up against them. Luck and the draw do play a part. The better your team is the less the effect the later factors will have. For example, last season Baylor appeared to be the best team. They did not have difficulty with any team except ND and Oregon. Oregon was a hard matchup for them, but what eventually killed their chances was their lack of depth ( via injuries). Especially Hebert who never recovered from her earlier injury. ND was being dominated until Cox went out due to injury. Had the game been a few minutes longer ND probably would have won. We can go back in history to recognize that timing ( luck ) and matchups have always played a major factor in the results. Except if a team is so much more superior than those other factors do not really matter. The best team does not always win, because they, due to a combination of factors, can certainly get knocked off if they face the wrong team at the wrong time. [/QUOTE]