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[QUOTE="Matty722, post: 4667766, member: 7077"]
I have always been a defense first person. If you bring defense, you have a great chance to win. However, watching the NCAA tournament this year made me rethink that a tad. Defense is still important (see Ohio State’s press destroying us), but if a team’s offense is running top notch, it is hard to stop. Iowa doesn’t play defense and that is why LSU had so many open shots; however, it was clearly LSU’s day and it makes me wonder how much even a great defensive team (SC) would have fared against their shooting.

I also think about how UConn has lacked fully healthy offensive players the last few years (especially this past season). You had so many great shooters/scorers in Paige, Azzi, Caroline, Dorka, and Ice out that it really showed on offense. Obviously talent doesn’t equal automatic points or wins, but if everyone had been healthy? That would have been scary. It will be scary this season to see what kind of level the team can hit offensively if fully healthy.

I still value defense, but I also realize that there isn’t a great replacement for great shooters/scorers. Honestly, I just want UConn to be healthy!!
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