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Message: [QUOTE="bballnut90, post: 3540917, member: 2117"] I think a lot of it ultimately wouldve come down to Kaela Davis/Alisha Gray and if they could produce. Both played poorly in the first UCONN game and were non-factors but were fantastic in the NCAAs. A'ja didn't play great in the regular season game but likely puts up a better performance in the title game without Coates there and she was a warrior in the Final Four. That core trio determines if they can hang with the Huskies. UCONN still is the heavy favorite IMO if they put up a normal game but we'll never know. The biggest missed opportunity of the tournament IMO was Notre Dame once Turner went down. UCONN had been their kryptonite the last several years and they had a path to the title without facing the Huskies. With Turner I think they beat Stanford and have a huge battle vs. SC who they were very comparable with that year. ND would beat Mississippi State in the title game IMO with a healthy Turner. In the end it worked out well for both programs, as SC won it all in 2017 and ND came through the next year. [/QUOTE]