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Message: [QUOTE="Jingo, post: 3394744, member: 7136"] Teaching moment? For whom? The fact that only 3 players were doing the scoring [B]IS[/B] bad! It shows you that UConn's offense [as it stands] is easy to defend. And those 3 players needed to go one-on-one to get their points - that is not team [or good] basketball. CW and CD can go one-on-one but MW can't because MW needs a structured offense to be effective. UConn's offense needs a high post 'presence' to work. Someone like Lauren Cox who, when left wide open, is willing and able to shoot. When the defense is forced to guard the high post, it opens up the lane for a lot of goodies. Likely candidates to play the high post are Liv and Griff. But they were sitting during the decisive 4th quarter, weren't they? Over the course of the first ten games, were they encouraged to score from the high post ... or discouraged? Development? Teaching moments? With their amazing athleticism, Liv and Griff only need one bounce from the high post to score a layup. I didn't see any of THAT over the first 10 games either. Are we getting ready for March or not??? One final thought. Eschewing offense, what is the purpose of having our two best rebounders and defensive aces sitting on the bench during an important and close basketball game? What are they learning? Again I question, "Teaching Moments"? [/QUOTE]