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Message: [QUOTE="Hans Sprungfeld, post: 2134491, member: 181"] Very good post. Until the last, awful play, I'd argue that Chong was stepping well into the void you identified re Nurse, Samuelson, and Collier, and I was feeling good for her,and hopeful that it would be just enough needed to survive a game lacking the necessary three: defensive stops, made free throws, and low turnovers. On the "waaaaay to stupid to know" point, MSU missed a lot of open(-enough) shots badly in the first half, and just went and got the offensive rebounds like it was no big deal. A hot-shooting team would never have let UConn back into the game. In 1974, North Carolina State beat UCLA in an overtime semi-final game with a troika of extra small, medium, and extra large to stop UCLA's Championship string at 7. While, NCS was ranked number 1 during the season, it nonetheless registered as a shock that a team with Walton & Wilkes lost. FOr those who did not watch prior to the game, the Huskies played MUCH better in every other post-season game, and at times were a true thing of beauty to watch. Geno got outcoached last night and still coulda (nearly shoulda) won. The two late missed calls did make a difference ; not to call the flagrant would have been inexcusable, given the clear rule. Oh well, hoping for a couple of (good) roster changes in the coming weeks back on topic. [/QUOTE]