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Message: [QUOTE="Inthepaint, post: 4144508, member: 11386"] As long as we are accentuating the positive, I'm thinking of the POSSIBLE story of the NCAA tourney. The wounded start to return to the ranks after Christmas, With each return, we get a little stronger and begin to beat some of our BE rivals in conference play. Will lose a game or two on the road We lose another gruesome game at S. Carolina and maybe a hateful shocker against Tennessee (UUGGHH!!). Think we will be organized and healthy enough to top Oregon. Paige returns and after a couple of games we begin to look like the team we anticipated all summer. We now have a battle tested Caroline Ducharme and hopefully Amari is able to really contribute in some of the blowout games in the BE. Now the real story begins; The Huskies sweep through the BE tourney and finish 27-7. We stay in Bridgeport (NCAA is not totally stupid), but as a # 4 or 5 seed. The pundits are all talking S.Carolina, Arizona, Louisville, Texas and a couple of Big 10 teams. UCONN is dismissed as an also ran. The disrespect serves as a little extra incentive. Our seniors, who , along with Geno, have had to shoulder the brunt of the early criticism, play like this is their last chance to show what they are made of. And it is. We win a couple of tough physical opening round games. Our bigs shine, including Amari, who is ready to play meaningful minutes to keep Liv and Dorka fresh for the 4th quarter and give us the big edge in the 16 and 8. We win the war in the paint and on the glass. We make it to another Final Four and suddenly even ESPN sits up and takes notice. Because of our crummy seed, we get matched up with Dawn Staley's #1 crew in the semi-final. The Gamecocks know that they have our number and hit the court supremely confident and in high spirits. The Huskies come out quiet and determined, like the Marines going up Mt. Siribachi. We win a tough back and forth game in O/T. Liv and Dorka work the two posts like a tag team and get the best of Boston and Cardozo. Now we have Monkey # 1 off our backs. The final hill to climb is against our old friends from Arizona. Now it's time to show our speed, passing and shooting. Paige and EW are relentless feeding into the lane. CW stops overthinking and drives to the rim a few times keying a big Husky run and focing an AZ timeout. The Wildcats respond quickly and collapse into the paint. Azzi, Caroline and Paige start raining 3's. Nika, Aubrey and AE steal, harass and mug. We pull away in the 4th quarter. 12 point win as Paige dribbles out the last few seconds. Geno can't get up the ladder to cut down the net, so Nika, who has managed to get another black eye during the tourney, elbows her way to the front and does the honors. NC trophy # 12 returns to Storrs. UCONN is once again "Bad for WCBB" The End [/QUOTE]

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