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Message: [QUOTE="dogpause, post: 4807611, member: 701"] I give Kansas all the credit in winning this game, but I think we benefited more from this awesome contest than the Jayhawks did. They game-planned to stop our screens on offense, and did a fantastic job of it in building a 12 point lead. They also closed out with an 11-0 run. Congratulations to them and to their excellent coach. But Kansas won a home game, and needed an element of tactical surprise to do it. However, despite not winning the game, I believe UConn got more out this. Kansas got the "W" but UConn got the rest of the alphabet in terms of learning where they are and what they need to do to win another championship. They also benefited more psychologically from knowing they took Kansas' best shot, and still had a chance to steal a win if only Spencer were able to somehow will the ball into the basket with seconds left. With one exception, I downplay the injuries because that's just part of the game. However, Spencer was coming up inches short on his shots all night, which I attribute to his weakened ankles. His shot were mostly dead-on but hitting the front of the rim. This happened multiple times, including on free throws. [/QUOTE]