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Message: [QUOTE="hoophuskee, post: 4608919, member: 3535"] Yes, UCONN has had dominant aggressive guards as has other teams. 1--- Two years ago Paige helped her team beat Iowa and Baylor. Got UCONN to the Final Four. And in the Final Four another dominant guard beat us. That dominant guard, McDonald, was seconds away from winning a title vs Stanford. By the way. Stanford, when they won, were not led by a post player. 2-- Last year UCONN had Paige. How dominant did she have to be in the E8 game vs NC State? And she was the best player on the floor vs Stanford. And Clark did not beat SC by herself. Iowa was not beating SC without Czinano scoring 18. UCONN didn't have anything like that in the title game vs SC. Liv was playing hurt. Azzi couldn't play but for a few minutes. Dorka was out in the E8. And Christyn Williams didn't show up. How much more could you have expected from Paige vs what South Carolina had this year vs Iowa? 3-- As far as Shepherd she was a fine piece. But it was the combo of Arike and Young that wound up scoring 59 of 91 points that was more important. UCONN beat Notre dame in the paint between Collier, Gabby and Stevens in which they scored 55 of 89 points. UCONN outrebounded ND, and between UCONN's 3 they had 23 rebounds vs ND's total of 34. 4--- LSU beat Iowa not because they were just a power rebounding team. They also shot 11-17 from 3. Then take a look at last year, prior NCAA champ Stanford shot 4-23 from 3 vs UCONN. And they were 2-7 from 3 vs Ole Miss. In one game LSU nearly doubled Stanford's 3-point makes while taking 63% less overall 3's than Stanford. Do we really believe that Stanford, one of the most successful programs and the coach in wcbb history, views the game in the same manner as some fans have stated on here in "absolutes" that the game has changed to predominant big posts? If Stanford's guards were to have shot just to a little below average, wouldn't it be likely that they would have advanced the past two years? That's why the low post comments wear thin. It's not one or the other. LSU showed us why it is both. And Iowa showed that a perimeter team could knock off a mighty predominant inside team. . [/QUOTE]

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