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Message: [QUOTE="Undercovervol, post: 2673070, member: 8552"] I think it's a bit naive to claim that the conference has no effect on UCONN's team. These women are still human, and if their regular season ends with blow out after blow out, surely this will affect their team psychology somehow. Even if UCONN has lost the last two semi-final games by one possession on average, it doesn't erase the observation that UCONN did not play to the best of their abilities in those games, particularly in the last game, where there were long stretches where UCONN looked frazzled/scared/unsure, especially on offense. I think this is due to not handling pressure optimally, which would arguably improve with a harder schedule towards the end of the regular season. I still think UCONN was the best overall team this year: the question is, why didn't they deliver? [/QUOTE]