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Message: [QUOTE="Carnac, post: 2558321, member: 5798"] Excellent observation OD. ANYTIME you can take a team the caliber of South Carolina out of the game in only 20 minutes, that's beyond exceptional play. As you stated in your other post, "[I]UConn's combination of beautiful execution on offense and [B]suffocating defense [/B]all but ended the game by the half." [/I]You're also correct in saying that WCBB was watching this game. They wanted to see how good UConn is at this stage of the season (especially if they have the mis-fortune to be assigned to their bracket). They saw everything they needed to see in 20 minutes. They saw UConn's imitation of a "buzz saw". UConn's complete domination of the Gamecocks had to either scare the hell of them, or at the very least render them hopeless. The most impressive thing to me was the fact that they did it on the road, in front of 18,000 screaming frenzied fans (frothing at the mouth) wanting nothing more than to see UConn go down, and go down hard. The scary thing about the Huskies is even though they only have 8 games remaining in the regular season, they are going to get better between now and then. This was a "Progress Report" to see exactly where the team is. Anyone that saw the game had to be impressed. Beating the defending national champion on their floor by (at times) 30+ points (in the first half) was impressive. I'll say the same thing I say every year, because it's true. No team wants to be in UConn's bracket. When you can hold a top 7 team to 24 points at home in 20 minutes of play, that's impressive. That takes a monumental [B]defensive[/B] effort. I feel a lot better now about the Louisville game in 9 days (their last tune up before the tournaments) than I did before, and they don't have a 6'5" post player. They start 3 guards and 2 forwards, the tallest being 6'3" F Sam Fuehring. That's a game I'd bet the Cardinals are not looking forward to, especially since[B] UConn has not lost a home game in almost 6 years[/B] (March 12, 2012 - [B]Notre Dame[/B] [B]61-59[/B]). Enough about Louisville. I don't want to look past Cincy, @ UCF or Wichita State, their next 3 opponents. All things in time. Yesterday was a good day. If you're a UConn fan, your chest is sticking out a little further than normal today, and you're wearing a sincere grin. Sunday will be even better. :p [/QUOTE]

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