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Message: [QUOTE="NycUcWbbFan, post: 5079125, member: 13453"] Diana also had a 1 for 15 night as a freshman vs Notre Dame in the 2001 NCAA semi-finals. In UConn’s DT championship seasons, UConn had DT. But the margin of error wasn’t big. South Carolina had Boston and, unfortunately (for us), UConn was greatly hobbled. In addition, their defense was great. While their offense pales in comparison with UConn’s dominant championship teams, SC’s defense gives them a large enough margin of error. Boston can slack off and it need not matter. In the Paige-Boston championship matchup, Henderson had a unicorn great game. But how much of that was facilitated by the defense’s attention to Boston (on top of the hobbled status of Paige’s team)? Part of Paige’s genius is her crafty way to maneuver herself to a spot to take a routine shot (for her). She can make crafty contested shots too, if she has to. Boston is generally reliant on others to give her the ball at a spot to make a shot. She might have preferred a better (timed/placed/situational) pass to make the shot more routine (for her) — which she is assuredly getting from her Fever team. But I do get your point that Paige is more lethal in almost every type and circumstances of possessions than Boston. All that said, it is a shame that Paige did not have a full team behind her in prior years. That would have been epic. [/QUOTE]