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Message: [QUOTE="BBallF, post: 4163797, member: 10435"] I would have ruled it out before the Butler and Xavier games but I wouldn't now. This is a new team with the kind of defense and transition offense that gets a team to a FF. What is just as important is the evolution of Liv. Her shots are confident and smooth and she is rebounding, defending and passing very well. We have size, a scorer in Caroline, a true point guard in Nika who takes charge, a slasher in CW, and depth underneath and with Azzi alone coming back, you have another great shooter who extends the defense which opens the middle for drives, pull ups, drop down passes, and back doors. Of course, with Paige there is yet another great scorer. As Kara W. pointed out, the interesting thing will be how the current "new" team melds with the "future new" team with all these guards. Oregon will be a solid test for us. They are a good team despite their record, are playing at home, need this win, and are very well coached. Let's see if we can run on them, execute in the half court when necessary, and hold our own underneath against a big team. We always were a lot better than we were playing when we first lost Paige. It was a matter of adjustment, refocus and rededication and took time. It usually only happens overnight in the movies with the best real life basketball exception being Game 7, Knicks- Lakers, with Willis hobbling out onto the court making his first 2 shots and the rest being history. [/QUOTE]