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Message: [QUOTE="Alydar, post: 3407366, member: 730"] I think it's wrong to claim that prior championship teams were less fatigued. To me the point is that those teams executed despite being fatigued. That, to me, is a key goal of UConn's practices, to fatigue the players and then demand focus and execution. That isn't accomplished quickly and with a current roster loaded with underclassmen it is not surprising that they aren't to that point yet. A lot of it has to do with mental toughness. The other factor I see is how inefficiently this squad expends it's energy, especially on defense. Too much energy is being used reacting to defensive mistakes. Often this year the team leaves opponents unguarded and we see 2 UConn defenders rushing to guard them, usually too late. When UConn's switching man-to-man was at it's best that never happened and players handed off ball handlers and rotated like a Swiss watch. When the defense is efficient a lot less energy is expended. I'm still sure that we will see a return to that sort of defensive efficiency. If not this year then next. [/QUOTE]