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Message: [QUOTE="Twolf, post: 4787515, member: 8437"] The players UConn recruits don’t lack athleticism and I don’t think that was the biggest weakness on defense. Lack of communication was evident all game long & cost several easy baskets, and when you give up backboard shots in basketball you are going to be playing uphill all game long. If you aren’t talking you aren’t defending. In my mind the most glaring weakness on defense was a lack of commitment to playing defense with your feet and your heart. This is one of the few Auriemma coached games that I felt like the players looked as if they thought they would win by out scoring the opponent. We all know that is not how GA builds his squads, and his best teams won games when they weren’t lights out on offense by making the other team play bad, and they did it without fouling. Whatever the defensive game plan was I sure hope we don’t ever see act II. JMO [/QUOTE]