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Message: [QUOTE="and one, post: 4103513, member: 10475"] I just finally watched the replay of the AK game. After the talk in some threads about how competitive the Uconn second five could be against good teams, I think, as of now, the answer is clear - not very. It goes without saying that without Paige we would have lost this game. Aside from Paige no one stood out or looked better than the AK players. CW was ok, Evina was ok. The rest...somewhere south of ok. All in all a team not ranked in the top 25 looked as good as we were - except for Paige. AK sure did get to the rim a lot, really a lot, and not because they were really quick. The driving lanes were huge and usually no one in the paint closed up to compensate for that. I've be high on AE, but her just allowing lay-ups to avoid fouls is inexcusable. Maybe if she was dominating the boards and scoring a lot giving up a few baskets to stay on the floor is ok. That was not the case here. Other than Paige (I'm forced to say that again and again) the offense had no pizazz and the defense was barely adequate. No scoring runs, no steals leading to lay-ups, no stretches where it was clear we were the better team. Sure, it is early yet and there is a lot of basketball to be played but a whole lot more players are going to have to step it up and soon. I love watching Paige, but if it is the Paige show too often the rest of the team is doing something wrong. [/QUOTE]