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[QUOTE="caw, post: 3894649, member: 563"]
Better question would be what do we know about UConn?  With so few games played plus Bouk/Jackson being out mid-season, I am having a really hard time gauging this team.  Ignoring the games with Bouk/Jackson out UConn only lost too Creighton and Nova but also doesn`t have many signature wins.  By most metrics it appears UConn (at full health) has issues with teams that have really good offenses.  Maryland is not that.

But Maryland appears to be the best defensive team UConn has played since USC (not at full health at the time).

They start:

Ayala 6'5, 195
Morsell 6'5, 200
Wiggins 6'6, 200
Hart 6'6, 200
Scott 6'7, 225

With most bench minutes by:

Hamilton 6'8, 235
Smith 6'9, 240

That is a lot of height on the perimeter and looks like a pretty switchable defense.

UConn does have a much more flexible team which could be good or bad depending on how Hurley uses lineups.  Probably comes down to how well our bigs can take advantage downlow and defend the 3 pt line.  Best case is Sanogo continues to play like he did during the BET and dominates down in the post.  This year, UConn has done a good job defending the three, so we have to hope this continues.
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