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Message: [QUOTE="tomcat, post: 3393749, member: 961"] I'm late to this party, but sorry, but I don't buy the OP's premise at all. Baylor was far the superior team. There was nothing -- nothing -- that the coaching staff could have done in the fourth quarter given 1. the fact that ONO had disappeared, was nowhere on defense and could not hit a shot while she was in; 2. several players who had hit shots early in the game were cold in the fourth; 3. the whole team seemed to get the yips, all at the same time; 4. Griffin gave no indication that she was ready for the big-time; 5. Baylor is a better team. They are right now, and they will be (barring injuries) in the NCAAs, too, which means it'll take an extraordinary coaching job for UConn to beat them. One of the posters above suggested that "haters" said UConn shouldn't have been #1. Sorry, but you don't have to be a "hater," to think that. I'm far from a hater, and will put my credentials as a UConn fan up against almost anyone's, but I've consistently maintained that UConn should maybe be ranked #3. That's reality. It is reality that, as someone said, Kyla is Kyla. She plays her heart out, makes shots or not, and leaves it all on the court. ONO is learning her position and still needs to get stronger. Anyone who doesn't realize those facts (yes, facts, not opinions) is delusional and must have been stunned watching Cox womanhandle her last night. Makurat is inconsistent like most rookies, as is Griffin. They will be good, but to think they could step in and star against an experienced, very large Baylor team is to expect too much. So we got a reality check last night. Those BYers who said UConn will lose 3 regular season games seem right on target. Without major improvement, I cannot see this team beating Oregon at all, and South Carolina is questionable as well. That's not the end of the world. It's part of the learning curve as they work toward the tournament. Let's see what the coaches do from here on out. [/QUOTE]

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