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Message: [QUOTE="visitingcock, post: 4132499, member: 6872"] [I]"I think a foundational problem exists when teams rely on one player for a large part of point production or defensive stops[/I]." With due respect for the watchful eye of @HuskeyNan and with acknowledgement that Paige may well be the best player in the NCAA: SCar is a Big-oriented team that relies on Boston for "a large part of point production or defensive stops." Let's say South Carolina lost Boston to injury. Would they lose some games? Yes, but maybe not many because we would still have Cordosa and Amihere to protect down low, rebound, and offer barely enough offensive threat to take pressure off our guards. But, if we had all three of them out and relied only on an untested freshman in the paint, teams would be able to harass and pressure our guards. I don't think we would have a chance of winning the SEC with only one or none of our big three playing. UConn is a guard oriented team. UConn has lost [B]three[/B] top guards. Therefore, a team like GaTech, with good, maybe not great, bigs was able to focus on stopping UConn's inexperienced guards. Ono had a decent game but Tech never had to focus on her. In my opinion, UConn would be okay if it weren't for the absence of three guards at this time. Indeed, I think they can evolve to the point of winning their conference without those three. They need a couple of them back to get to the elite 8. Foundational problem? I don't think so. Champions almost always have a superstar who leads the team. [/QUOTE]

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