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Message: [QUOTE="hoophuskee, post: 4513187, member: 3535"] I hate mudwrestling games. I believe you do too. For me, I want to see scoring. But for this game didn't UCONN score? And there wasn't that many stoppages, was there? Also, while you and I like to watch free movement better, what about the player that is super athletic and strong but doesn't have as many skills? How are they ever going to compete using their strengths vs a player more fundamentally skilled? When I was playing back when the game was 1st invented -:)- I would have loved it if the more physical players didn’t bang in to me in order to get better low position on a switch. The lower position they get, the more successful they will be. There has to be banging. That's why on the other thread I was surprised how there were posts speaking negatively of Murrow's "banging." On the inside many players "bang."[B] Last year 3 coaches in S16, E8 and Final Four spoke of how physical/effective UCONN's bigs were. They would have had to have "banged."[/B] Murrow's strength and quickness on the inside for someone her size is a beautiful thing to watch. The beauty of the battle between her and Edwards is that Murrow needs "position" on the inside to be effective. And for rebounds, especially Offensive Rebounds she is forced to use her combination of strength and quickness vs taller players. It's a beautiful thing to watch. So is Edwards! Edwards physicality makes her an exciting watch when she can just outmuscle someone inside for scoring and rebounds. If “muscle” wasn’t part of the game, then the game would be something closer to 4-5 guards/small forwards in which the bigs can’t use their physicality. That is just too much finesse. [/QUOTE]

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