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Message: [QUOTE="toadfoot, post: 2644740, member: 481"] My mentioning of Oregon St. had nothing to do with them beating Tennessee. With their recent results they're a program on the rise. I only mentioned them because they've done it with offensively skilled players. No argument that Tennessee's problems start at the top, but why do they, even with some quality offensive players continue to play that overly physical style? And no argument that the SEC had last year's 2 finalists. Not to take anything away from either team, they were both very good, but the FF was officiated like an SEC game. It should come as no surprise that the 2 teams that emphasize freedom of movement and offensive flow lost to 2 teams that emphasize physical, impede movement styles of defense. Shame on UConn and Stanford for not adjusting. The crux of my argument is that the days of teams getting by with that physical style are numbered. No one wants to see foul shooting contests, but the onus shouldn't be on the officials, it should be on the coaches and players. If teams can't play defense without the grabbing, bumping, pushing style and turning the game into a boring foul shooting contest it's on them. [/QUOTE]