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Message: [QUOTE="bballnut90, post: 2489616, member: 2117"] The all caps seemed a bit excessive, so that's what I was referring to. And I'd argue there really has been just 1 game where UCONN was threatened...I wouldn't consider the 24 point win against OU as threatening or the game against UCLA when they were up by 29 with 7 minutes to go. Totally understand omitting Stanford in that argument. I didn't see the second half of the Oklahoma game, but looking at the box score, the game blew open when they subbed out Dangerfield...but I'll go out on a limb and guess that it was primarily due to Collier/Stevens stepping up than Nurse shining as a PG. Kia didn't have any assists in the 2nd half and scored 3 points in the second half until the last 2 minutes when she scored 5 but the game was already over. FWIW, Arike has also played a very strong schedule and has had her best games against the best teams on her schedule. Her numbers against other ranked teams are below....great showings besides Oregon State and UCONN: neutral vs. South Carolina-23 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 TO, 2 steals neutral vs. USF-21 points, 9/16 shooting, 7 rebounds at Michigan-32 points, 3 assists, 13-20 shooting, 4-6 from 3 at Oregon State-15 points, 4 rebounds, 5-18 shooting She also had a great game against DePaul (cusp of top 25) and a good game against Marquette (another on the cusp top 25 team). Notre Dame has also been arguably the 2nd best team this season, so I'd have a hard time validating 4 UCONN players on teams while leaving Notre Dame without a representative....especially when the game was so close head to head. But again, as I said previously, I think they're interchangeable at this point. Both are having very good seasons. [/QUOTE]

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