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Message: [QUOTE="Conndog, post: 4242968, member: 5939"] Except for when SC played UConn, I haven't seen SC any other time. Boston is a beast, containing her or limiting offensive rebounds is a key- but the rest of the team is solid too. The couple of losses they have had were only by a few points- actually, by one point in overtime to Missouri, and by two points to Kentucky. Boston is high scorer in 90 % of their games, Cooke and Henderson are next. Good coach who is apparently well-liked by players. Haven't seen Stanford either, but their three losses have all been to top 25 teams- by 5 to Texas, by 4 to SC, and by 3 to USF. A tall team with good outside shooting, deep roster, legit good, actually not unlike UConn. Not sure if they are on UConn's defensive level. Coaching another strongpoint for them. Cameron Brink and Haley Jones are leading scorers, but on any given day, any number of players could be leading scorer. Don't know anything about NC State, but from ESPN team stats, their 3 losses have been to #1 SC by 9 (first game of season), by 2 to #18 Georgia and by 3 to #20 Notre Dame. Their center Cunane is usually the top scorer but also leading them are guard Diamond Johnson and forwards Jakia Brown-Turner and Kayla Jones. These three teams will be top challengers to UConn's chances of winning it all, and I too am surprised that 538 only thinks our chances are 6%. It must be based on season's body of work and not current state/health of the team. UConn now is playing best ball of season, and with my fingers crossed I hope Paige heals & returns to her abilities more & more. She looked shaky during Big East final against Villlanova, odd turnovers, didn't score or play much- just a hiccup, I think. What I really like about UConn's chances, in addition to the team as a whole having lots of offensive weapons, is how strong a defensive unit it has become. If you can keep the opposite team from scoring easily and limit offensive rebounds, then we are as likely to win it all as anyone. Of the top 3 teams mentioned, I think Stanford is the weakest defensively- they are tall and score, but I think they don't have same defensive strength that SC has, and I don't know about NCSt, but I think they have reputation for being good defensively too. For us, it is imperative to keep switching and defending well and also to secure the rebounds. I think the scoring will take care of itself. Limit turnovers, get rebounds, and we win it all. [/QUOTE]

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