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Message: [QUOTE="JoePgh, post: 4924646, member: 1131"] I agree with the details in your post, but I really think you overestimate the importance of height. Lauren Betts didn't beat UConn in the November game against UCLA -- she only had about 13 points, as I recall. It was UCLA's guards and their 3-point shooting that were decisive. You can make the argument that UConn devoted so many defensive resources to covering Betts that they were unable to defend the 3-point line, and that argument has some merit. But the real vulnerability that UConn has shown this year is to fast guards, not to hulking players in the paint. The Notre Dame game is the best, but not the only, example of that. Pao Pao of South Carolina had a big game against UConn when Cardoso wasn't even playing. If UConn can hold star guards, including JuJu, to their season average, it should be successful -- but it has not yet shown that it can do that. [/QUOTE]