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Message: [QUOTE="Alydar, post: 3119328, member: 730"] Absolutely. And the women too. I just watched a fuzzy replay of the 2004 reg season game at Tenn. UConn shot 17-28 ft's (60%) and won by 14. And not to take anything away from this year's refs but that game was one of the worst officiated games I ever saw. Sally Bell was probably the most incompetent ref in the game. There were 45 fouls called in that game and yet they missed Taurasi getting wacked in the throat, TWICE! And 3 of her fouls were for the hem of her shorts brushing an opponent. Things haven't changed much. UConn made dumb mistakes and failed to play defense back then too. What UConn had then and not right now is a player with a powerful presence to lead. Taurasi had 18 pts on 4-13 shooting. Her stats were so-so but her attitude was that the game was UConn's to win or lose. This year's seniors, as highly skilled as they were, didn't have that aura of invincibility. The 2004 team assisted on only half their baskets that day. It was not the well-oiled machine Geno and many others have in their memory banks. It was flawed, just like now. I've also watched the supposedly "greatest" UConn team, 2002, and they too had many many lapses during games. Bird actually threw some really bad and/or ill-advised passes and turned the ball over. I swear to god it really happened. If they were playing now this board would not be happy with many of their efforts, despite winning. Me? ........ I trust in Paige. :rolleyes: [/QUOTE]

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