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[QUOTE="trb123, post: 4013910, member: 711"]
Very good points. 
1. When we were in AAC, many non-Uconn fans used to call our basketball schedule derisively "a high school" schedule. That was partially mitigated by a tough non-conference schedule but not entirely. It is certainly one of factors (no idea how much) that has contributed to our not winning the championship for 5 years. The situation has not improved in the Big East. We could not compete against Arizona. The toughness (among other things) was not there.
2. Speed is a big factor. The US soccer team relies too much on older players. Sweden has more speed. 
In Basketball, the talent gap is still too large for the USA team to paper over our slow older players. But it is closing.  I do not like the fact we are dependent on a 39 year old player, whose best days are behind her, to make the team work smoothly as some are saying. I am not complaining about it. I will be very happy if it works. But I would rather have the 25-30 yr old players do this for the team.
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