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Message: [QUOTE="DeepThreat, post: 5135389, member: 12660"] I watched the 1st half of the UL - Oklahoma game and thought to myself, should I give credit to UL for solid play or criticize OK for their awful play. Then I checked the scores while watching the UCONN men's game. OK pulled it out? How did that happen? I can only guess a few things: OK stopped turning the ball over (almost 20 in the 1st half); somehow OK's big managed to contain Cochran (she fouled out) and UL's young guards fell apart and their bench isn't as deep or talented as we may have thought. For anyone who watched the entire game, please weigh in on my assessment. Given all that here my 3 things: 1) UCONN has to be all over the glass on both ends of the court, but especially on the defensive end. OK may be the best rebounding team in the country but UL was out-quicking them to a lot of offensive rebounds and second chance points. 2) UCONN'S bigs have to contain Cochran. She had a solid 1st half both scoring and on the boards. We don't have a Beers equivalent, I'm not sure that Ice can contain her but she and Jana will need to step it up. I wasn't particularly impressed with the rest of UL's front court, so if we can play them even, that turns the game into a...... 3) Backcourt battle where UCONN should have a big advantage. However they'll have to minimize the turnovers against UL's pressure defense and quickness. Point 2 here is to wear down and harass the crap out of their young guards and press their scoring advantage. [/QUOTE]

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