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Message: [QUOTE="TheFarmFan, post: 3394232, member: 9403"] Not gonna lie - was more excited for this game than for Stanford-Cal (and apparently, with good reason). I'm so impressed with CTT's coaching, execution, and adjustments; this game, like many games, makes me wonder what her teams could become if she could attract top talent to Tempe. She is so clearly a chip off the Tara block - they did an excellent job scouting Oregon's patterns on offense, limiting the pick and rolls, and disrupting Sabally and Hebard and drawing some fouls. Winning ugly is ASU's calling card, and for 3 quarters it was more like "stay in it ugly," but down the stretch they were finding their shots and it felt like Oregon went deer in the headlights. Over the last few minutes, ASU actually looked like the better team, not just the team gutting it out. Also, it seemed like in the last 5 minutes Oregon's game plan was just give it to Sabrina and see if she can make something happen. I like Ionescu a lot, but this was the epitome of the brand of futile hero ball she has a tendency to run when Oregon gets behind in close games. More than anything, you could tell ASU wanted it way, way more. [/QUOTE]