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Message: [QUOTE="oldude, post: 2564245, member: 7511"] On it’s face, you might assume that holding a team to 66 pts in OT is a good defensive effort. But I would argue the exact opposite. MS St walked the ball up the court the entire game, ran their offense and, as you point out, got a number of offensive rebounds, and UConn could do nothing about it. Geno subsequently acknowledged that UConn didn’t do enough to speed up the game and force more turnovers. My poster child for great defense was the 2010 national championship game between UConn and Stanford. During the 1st half of that game, UConn played great defense, but couldn’t throw the ball in the ocean, so the Huskies were down 10 at half. During the 2nd half UConn ramped up their defense to a stifling level, while getting just enough offense from Maya, Tina, et al to pull out a 53-47 victory. Should UConn meet MS St in the FF again this year, I would be surprised to see the Bulldogs reach 60 pts [/QUOTE]