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Message: [QUOTE="bballnut90, post: 3428360, member: 2117"] I think they could go toe to toe with some of the best teams of all time if they're playing their A game. Their offense is stellar and they're well built with so many outside threats and a fantastic finisher inside in Hebard. Everyone is unselfish. The problem is, Oregon doesn't always play its A game. They didn't against Louisville or the Arizona schools. If we're being honest, they didn't against UCONN either. A lot of UCONN's title teams consistently played at a higher level, so edge to the Stewart teams due to consistency. Oregon physically matches up well with almost anyone though with 2 really athletic and talented 6-4 girls, a big PG in Ionescu, a stellar on ball defender in Moore and a slew of really good perimeter shooters in Boley/Shelley/Chavez. Graves is also a fantastic offensive coach. Also worth noting, this is definitely a down year for women's basketball. WBB just graduated two outstanding classes (2018 and 2019), and the 2020/2021 classes do not look nearly as strong. Looking at last year's Elite 8: Baylor-lost 2x All American Kalani Brown and Final Four MOP Chloe Jackson. Notre Dame-lost its entire starting 5 who made up over 90% of their scoring. UCONN-lost the highest scoring teammate tandem in NCAA history. Oregon-only lost 1 starter who was the team's 4th most important player. Louisville-lost 2x All American and another starter Stanford-lost its All American starter Iowa-lost the NPOY who averaged 28 ppg Mississippi State-lost its top 3 players including a dominant 2x All American. Oregon is the only team who wasn't decimated by graduation. A lot of teams lost multiple leading scorers while the Ducks returned their best 3 top scorers, and only lost 1 significant contributor who was replaced by a great transfer. All that said, I'm still not convinced they're better than Baylor this year. Baylor is really really difficult to score against with Cox in the lineup and they also pass the ball well offensively. [/QUOTE]

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