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Message: [QUOTE="SCGamecock, post: 2623508, member: 6132"] I did. I think she makes a valid point. Dawn is a leader of a big flock and as a coach, she wants that flock to have an opportunity to follow her. A few people have tried to whittle this down to Dawn just not wanting to play UConn when that’s not the case at all.. Dawn has been advocating for how she feels her fans have been handicapped the last few years and that was even with a bracket that avoided UConn. The past few years, she probably feels like the bracket was made in order for ND fans to get to games. This year, it’s clear the bracket was made to get Oregon fans to games... so she feels slighted, and I understand that. So she’s thinking, “when is our turn?”. Not sure what Oregon has done to deserve this preferential treatment (they don’t have a single win as good SC’s win over MSU) but that’s a topic for another thread.. The NCAA tournament is what it is.. no matter who you are, the moment that bracket is announced with your name in it you’re destined to play teams that COULD or SHOULD beat you. As a team, your responsibility is to do whatever you can on the court to control that outcome. Every time Dawn stepped in front of a media mic this season (in particular) she was coaching. She’s placing the chip on this team’s shoulder. She wants them to feel disrespected, disregarded and vengeful. Young people are motivated by opposition. She knows how to push the buttons of her team. Most good coaches do. [/QUOTE]

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