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Message: [QUOTE="JoePgh, post: 3405008, member: 1131"] Having been at the Baylor game and watched the replay, it appeared to me that Baylor deliberately did not contest UConn defensive rebounds of its missed jump shots from the perimeter. The only time that they fought for offensive rebounds was when the original shot was already in the paint or very close by. I presume Baylor was sufficiently respectful of UConn's transition game that they wanted everyone back on defense after a missed perimeter shot. But that strategic decision by Kim and her coaches meant that UConn got an "artificial" boost to its rebounding totals. I have a feeling that TN will not make the same strategic decision. They will aggressively go after offensive rebounds on all of their shots, since they won't be able to win without many second-chance points. I think Geno will anticipate that and will be looking for runouts when UConn does get the defensive rebound. If UConn gets enough transition points, TN will either stop crashing their offensive boards or they will lose badly to UConn's transition game. On the other hand, if UConn cannot get defensive rebounds against the Orange Trees, then TN's game plan could work. On the broader point of what the expectation should be for the game, and trying to ignore history and just concentrate on the 2019-20 teams for each school, they seem to me to be closer (in talent and record) than some of you seem to believe. People say that TN hasn't beaten any good teams, but really, isn't that almost equally true of UConn? Each team has played against one Top 10 opponent thus far, and each team lost that game rather one-sidedly. UConn's best win thus far has been against DePaul -- is that enough to give UConn a big edge in this game? [/QUOTE]

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