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Message: [QUOTE="jdote33, post: 5264125, member: 11252"] I just watched the championship game for the first time yesterday. Knowing the outcome and seeing some highlights still didn't ruin it much. Lol. One big takeaway is that the box score didn't do anyone justice. For instance, I thought Paige played a real good game. She missed some open threes she normally makes and also had a couple unforced turnovers, but she was pretty active. She had some really nice shots in the first quarter when the game was close and got to the free throw line. The underrated thing about Paige is just how hard she plays and competes. Also seeing the moment between coach and Paige, it's so touching each time. Similarly, I thought Kaitlyn Chen for the first two quarters at least was super solid, but when u see 1-7, I was kinda bummed out. But I loved all season how she pushed the pace, I thought she did that off misses and even when sc scored. She had an absolute dime to Jana and Jana had a nice finish. She hit Paige on a couple backdoors where she got fouled or had quality looks. Additionally I thought Ashlynn played really well, she was everywhere, and hit the huge corner 3. I also loved KK being aggressive and using her speed. Azzi and Sarah were unbelievable. I had seen the highlights but they both hit tough shots. They played a little two man game together, just fun to watch. I also loved Caroline getting in the game. South Carolina was tough as well. They made little runs when even knowing the outcome I felt a little antsy lol. But 2 things in conclusion. As good as UConn played and I saw Paige say this after the UCLA game and others echo, I kinda think they were still peaking and getting better. Like I think this team was probably better and more talented than the record indicates. I kinda felt that way all season.I know hindsight is 20 20. Lol. I think Lobo mentioned during the game, like they lost all their games that were within 10 points with 6 minutes to go this season. Which means they did have a lot of blowouts. And then the games they did lose were basically without Azzi. The only loss that is the outlier was the Tennessee loss which I know ppl were down about. I honestly was on the fence. It made me think Tennessee was really good and probably could beat anyone. But I also thought it was a weird game cuz Azzi got in foul trouble and sat so long in the 4th. I think they improved a lot defensively from that game. Second conclusive point after watching the game is I wonder if SC feels that's a different game with Ashlyn Watkins. They are competitors too. I loved Geno's quote about teams not beating the real UConn recently. I'm sure Dawn is saying some of the same things as motivation. The tough thing about that is I felt like Edwards and Feigan actually played ok, I kinda felt like the guards let them down. And then similar to the first point I actually thought UConn could've hit more shots. Like they were kinda lucky the team only scored 82. [/QUOTE]

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