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Message: [QUOTE="Bone Dog, post: 5292935, member: 12088"] This one's easy: They were clear underdogs against UCLA this season and it showed in their one matchup. Still, I take your point. Dawn's had many really dominant seasons, especially in recent years, but also several when the team wasn't ranked in the top-10. Here's a link to their ranking history, which probably tracks when they had to play as underdogs pretty well. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/south-carolina/women/polls.html[/URL] Interestingly, during the Stewie years they were underdogs sometimes, and sometimes not, and Dawn still scheduled games with UConn despite this. They were as close to being equals when it was Stewie vs A'ja, and also when it was Moriah vs Bianca Cuevas and Tiffany Mitchell. But Stewie and Moriah typically won those matchups. Here's a highlight video from the best of those games, with SC ranked #1 and UConn ranked #2. This one includes some awesome Moriah highlights, including one around the 5:25 minute mark when Moriah takes a rebound baseline to baseline and beats everyone (including Bianca) down the court. Normally, you'd say a pass gets the ball down the floor faster than someone running with a dribble. But that wasn't always the case with Moriah, as on this day. [Also a sweet post move by Kiah at the 6:20 mark -- a baby hook She must have learned from Stewie.] [MEDIA=youtube]Mw8roURbhQo[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]