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Message: [QUOTE="jonson, post: 3841796, member: 6034"] To me, the game was reminiscent of the DT battles against Tennessee: one team (less than the sum of its parts) that seemed to assume that its physical gifts (considerable) were enough to overwhelm any opponent, and another, led by the best player on the floor (and in the nation), that knew how to play the game as it should be played. A couple of other observations: 1) Although I understand all the excitement about Azzi, Nika and Paige seem to me about as good a guard combo as one could wish, with the former's fire and intensity crucial imo to UCONN's success last night (and going forward). It's easy for me to see why the Oregon staff was so disappointed Nika chose UCONN. 2) The heart and mental toughness of this UCONN team reside in its freshmen (and a sophomore), not its upperclassmen. Maybe that will change, but both Christyn and Olivia have not proven that they can step up in big games and Evina's play was, to me, a step back to her time at Tennessee. And, yes, Paige deserves to be POY. [/QUOTE]