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Message: [QUOTE="Surly1, post: 5185789, member: 11599"] As UConnCat pointed out in her post, UT is more a sum of its parts. They can be extremely undisciplined, and their strategy is not so much executing their game plan, but speeding up opponents, disrupting them from playing their preferred style of play, leading to turnovers and a frenetic pace which favors the Lady Vols. Teams that are disciplined and can run with them (Oklahoma & SC) were able to counter UT's full-court press effectiveness. UConn has a plethora of ball handlers and shooters that can make the Vols pay handsomely. The saving grace for UT is playing in front of a home crowd, and exploiting UConn on the offensive boards and taking a volume of 3-pt shots. If UT is making their 3-pt shots, the game will be close. However, UConn has too many weapons to score against their suspect half-court defense. It will be like a schoolyard game, but I'm fully confident UConn will prevail, and I expect the "real" Paige Bueckers to show, along with Azzi, and the too much to handle Sarah Strong (Joyce Edwards torched UT). This game is perfectly suited for Kaitlyn Chen to shine, and I expect a number of pull-up midrange jumpers from Ashlynn Shade. [/QUOTE]