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[QUOTE="bballnut90, post: 4414036, member: 2117"]
It's open to interpretation, but it's hard to imagine she'd be on par with someone like Stewart who was a 4x champion, 4x Final Four MOP, and went 116-1 over her last 3 years (where she was the NPOY in all 3).  Or on par with Moore who went 150-4 in 4 years, was also a 3x POY, finished top 2 in POY voting all 4 years, obliterated record books, and won 2 titles.  Or DT who won 3 titles, a slew of accolades and had a 70+ game win streak.  All 3 of those players took UCONN to new heights and put the program in a new stratosphere.  Paige winning 1 title doesn't put her collegiate career in the same realm as the other 3 IMO.

Also, Paige last year was far from 100% in the tournament and it showed.  I disagree with the assessment that she was fabulous and that she carried the team on her back (excluding the NC State game).  Title game she had 14 points, 6 boards and 2 assists on 6-13 shooting.  A fine stat line for most players but hardly a "carrying your team on your back" type of performance.  She wasn't the NPOY caliber Bueckers we saw in 2021 where she single-handedly did carry UCONN on her back to a win over SC.
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