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[QUOTE="oldude, post: 4545293, member: 7511"]
No doubt that’s a key part of it.  UConn is not pressing on defense, forcing turnovers and pushing for transition offense, all of which result in easier baskets, more scoring and more assists.  In addition, the inability to spread the floor in the half court offense with multiple shooters severely limits the offense for open threes and backdoor cuts.  There are few easier assists then finding an open 3-pt shooter at the arc.

The other problem is that UConn just doesn’t have enough quality passing out of their starters.  Dorka is decent for a BIG Lou is fine and Nika is outstanding.  But Aaliyah & Aubrey struggle to deliver accurate and timely passes on offense and it doesn’t get a lot better when Caroline or anyone else off the bench is in the game.

Compare that to last year’s team with Paige, Azzi, Nika & Evina who were all outstanding passers, along with Liv who was an outstanding passer as a BIG.  So it is a combination of things to be sure.  But just as you want a team to be balanced from a scoring perspective, it’s not the best thing to have one player dominate the assist category.
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