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Message: [QUOTE="GoChips20, post: 4146425, member: 11308"] While the likely overall #1 seed, I don’t at all think SC is a prohibitive favorite. With that said, I do think they have played, and thereby beaten, the teams they’d realistically face in the Final Four and beyond: UConn, Stanford, NC State, Maryland. As an aside, I suppose you could extend that to “or will play” to include Georgia and Tennessee. South Carolina relies heavily on defense and rebounding - two elements that travel and will win you a lot of games. And I understand that over the course of a game, there’s a usual regression to the mean, but sometimes a team just gets hot and stays that way. If Stanford had shot the ball in one of the last two quarters anywhere near the way they shot the ball in the first two, SC doesn’t come back in that game, I don’t think. What I’m saying is that SC needs improved coordination and efficiency on the offensive end of the floor to complement its defensive protection. Without it, you risk another defensively-competent team (really any of those I mentioned, even Maryland) outscoring you on a given night. There’s not much use in conjecture around Carolina’s title odds but I do think there are several horses in this race this season. [/QUOTE]