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Message: [QUOTE="bballnut90, post: 2462816, member: 2117"] Mabrey has a bigger build but I don’t think she has 20 pounds to lose by any means. Players like her, Achonwa and McBride have bigger, stronger frames than many but by no means are overweight. It’s worth noting that Kristina Nelson looks much much better than she did a year ago, both in skill and in her ability to get and down the court. Shepard is a work in progress in this regard, but it appears she’s fitting in very well into ND’s system. Kristina Nelson is another player who looks a lot trimmer and much improved from a year ago. I don’t think conditioning was the difference in the ND game this year, besides Jessica Shepard. It was more that ND froze in the 4th and stopped playing their game while UCONN was finally able to get some momentum and ran with it. It’s a lot easier to get out to a solid lead as an underdog than it is to close out a win, especially against UCONN (the only team that ND has consistently lost to the last few years..I guess excluding Stanford). This was one of the first times where ND had a real shot to win it, and as a result it was also the first time I’ve seen ND really crack under pressure and fail to execute in a game they had a great chance to win. Hoping these 2 play again in March, I think they’re the 2 best teams once again. [/QUOTE]