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[QUOTE="oldude, post: 2813704, member: 7511"]
Og, I appreciate the stats and your thoughtful analysis.  But I need to make a couple points.

While it pains me to say so, UConn’s season stats have been remarkably similar over the past 5 years for a very good reason.  During the 2013-14 season the AAC was formed, and UConn WBB has not lost a single regular season or conference tournament game during the entire period while racking up some pretty impressive stats in the process.

As far as the past season, this is as much an “eyeball test” as anything, and I’ll acknowledge that the difference is not substantial.  But imo if you watch an entire season of UConn WBB, it’s pretty clear to me that during 2016-17 a team with less talent was superior in terms of their overall execution in big games than the deeper, more experienced 2017-18 team.

UConn was clearly more talented this past season.  Geno and his staff didn’t all of a sudden forget how to coach.  IMHO it came down to the health of 2 key players, their lack of practice time and the impact it had on the overall execution on offense and defense during the Big Dance.
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