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Message: [QUOTE="tomcat, post: 3434892, member: 961"] Well let's see. Two points in one quarter. That should calm the ol' Boneyard down. Cannot imagine why folks would be torqued. Two points in one quarter. And it was not just that South Carolina threw up a combination of size and speed and some of the best lock-down defense seen anywhere in a long time. UConn missed shot after shot after shot. The only difference between this quarter and the rest of the game was that in this quarter, they didn't make any shots. Embarrassing, no? Two points in one quarter. Sure, their defense held vaunted South Carolina to 11. But does anyone really care when the offense generated, yup, two points in one quarter? Two points in one quarter. Missed layups and missed gimmes. Rushed shots. No rhythm. The rest of the game, the team played like they played against Baylor and Oregon: Outmanned, out-defensed and outclassed, but close to being in the game until the last five minutes or so. No shame there. Anyone who thinks that ONO, her sophomore year, at least, can go up against South Carolina's big guns, or Oregon's or Baylor's for crying out loud, and come out victorious is on some kind of drugs. Williams and Walker, it seems to me, are the class of the AAC but, at least this year, role players when UConn goes up against good teams from good leagues. I'm pretty sure UConn will come out against USF and kill 'em. At least I hope they do, because I'm going to the game. But the NCAA tournament will be another thing altogether, at least after the first two rounds. Fans just have to get used to it and accept the idea that depending on matchups, it might take an upset for UConn to make the Elite 8. Personally, I was upset by only one thing last night -- the two-point quarter -- in the whole game -- because the rest was just the team playing up to its tendencies. The team is what it is. The coaches can only do so much. "Wait 'til next year" starts to sound really good about now. [/QUOTE]

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