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Message: [QUOTE="YKCornelius, post: 5175486, member: 9864"] Some musings for consideration: Looking at how Denise Dillon has approached conference games (including their earlier loss to UConn) it appears to me that she is settling in on their identity as a three point shooting team. I think her game plan will be to go back-and-forth between (a) setting screens and double-screens out by the arc to free up her three-point shooters (Webber, Burke, Power-Cassidy and Orihel), and (b) having Bascoe drive the lane to try to either draw fouls or dish to outside shooters. The only way this tactic could succeed in making the contest competitive is if accompanied by slowing the game down and letting the shot clock wind down to limit possessions and disrupt any UConn rhythm. (Actually there is another way - if "T.O. Joe" is working the game, but I'll withhold those thoughts so as to not awaken any WBB demons.) Not a great plan if the shots don't fall or if the officials let the teams play. Yet even if the shots fall and/or Villanova parades to the foul line, I think the best the Wildcats can hope for is keeping UConn's MOV in the mid-to-low 20s. Otherwise, I suspect the MOV will be in the 30s even with the Wildcats slowing things down. As last game, I will be keying on the defense. Go Huskies! [/QUOTE]