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[QUOTE="gsmooth, post: 5192973, member: 9355"]
Very true about the defense. I love watching UConn play good or even great defense. I know when people think about a great defensive performance from last year they think the Illinois game first.  Rightfully so as that was a high stakes Elite 8 game against a hot Illinois team that won 7 in row and had the #3 KenPom offense and a dangerous 5-out offense that could pull Clingan from the rim.

But you know which game last year was great that never gets mentioned here? Last year's game against Creighton in Gampel. They held a Creighton team that averaged 80 pts/game to their lowest score the entire season at 48. The communication and synergy they had on defense was impeccable through all the action Creighton ran. On a few possessions in that 2nd half they forced a few shot clock violations and a bunch of turnovers consecutively (Creighton didn't break 30 pts until under 10 min left in the game). They had a vice grip chokehold on Creighton's offense in that game. There are times I wish they could bottle up that defense for later use just like they could bottle up the offense from the Xavier game in Hartford last year.
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