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Message: [QUOTE="ctchamps, post: 2666665, member: 37"] USF was legit top twenty five. In addition They played at USC during that period. Last week they beat Duke and USC. That’s more than enough prep for this game. There are very few competive teams in women’s B.B. In any year it’s 4- 6 teams that have a legitimate shot. Yes the AAC is bad relative to other conferences but even in the best conferences after the first two teams the drop off is so steep as to make this moot. This 2 pt overtime buzzer beater loss is more on the players having a bad game. Crystal needed to play like she did against USC for this team to win the final two games. Instead she played like the player hampered with shin splints who does not practice to avoid aggravating them. Gabby has played with a hip injury the past couple of months. ND does not get as many easy buckets in the paint with the early season Gabby. Kia is primarily a catch and shoot guard. When she’s forced to play on the ball she’s essentially neutralized. She was horrible on offense even with Crystal running things. Her first three shots were air ball three and two missed bunny layups. When that happened and Crystal missed her threes I felt UConn was in trouble. ND was able to iso on KLS. Add KLS inbounding balls for turnovers, Gabby fumbling the ball or passing balls to the other team, Crystal doing the same, Naphesia going mia and ND playing their A game I had no confidence that UConn would win. The only bright spot was Stevens and Muffet had the luxury of doubling down on her because everyone else other than KLS were horrible. This loss had nothing to do with Refs or the AAC. It had more to do with two players hampered by injuries, the team playing it’s D game, ND playing it’s A game and Geno only having six players who can play at Division 1 level. Well Walker was occasionally effective. [/QUOTE]

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