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Message: [QUOTE="oldude, post: 3345012, member: 7511"] This idea that there are all these teams that are bigger, quicker and more athletic than UConn is a fallacy. Let’s take OR, the #1 team in the country right now. Led by their POY candidate, Sabrina Ionescu, the Ducks are very good. But as much as any team in the country, OR pads the height of the players listed on their roster. All you need to do is look at the photo taken during the PanAm games to see that Ruthy Hebard is a good 3” shorter than Liv. Satou Sabally was listed at 6’3” last season. Evidently she’s grown an inch. ND transfer Erin Boley is a great shooter, but she’s not going to run rings around anyone. As for their guards, Ionescu is 5’11” and Minton Moore is 5’8”. So comparing OR to UConn, the Ducks starters go 6’3”, 6’2”, 6’2”, 5’11”, 5’8” for a total of 30’1”. UConn gores 6’5”, 6’1”, 6’1” (assumes Anna starts), 5’11” & 5’6” for a total of 30’ even. Now OR is clearly a more experienced team starting 3 seniors & a GS, but when it comes to size and athleticism, at least with the starting 5, UConn matches up pretty well. [/QUOTE]