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Message: [QUOTE="Carnac, post: 4061154, member: 5798"] OD, you and Eric make some very salient, real and objective points in your narratives. The thing UConn can’t do is go into the season so confident that they don’t believe they can be beat. While I believe that this is by far the deepest and most talented team Geno has had since the end of the Stewart era, it must be understood that the only thing that will insure victory night after night is EXECUTION. That simply means putting the ball in the basket, and preventing your opponent from doing the same. Sometimes the best teams don’t win the game. The team that makes the most plays, especially in crunch time, does. That was illustrated by the way UConn made critical plays at the end of the game versus South Carolina last season. Our ability to execute the game plan from tip to buzzer will determine the level of our success. If UConn wins the NC this season, it will be because of their ability to execute and make plays against other elite top 5 teams that they will have to beat to raise the trophy, not because they have the best players. We had the best players in the losses to Mississippi State and ND. Sue Bird once pleaded to her teammates as they were taking the floor after a timeout: “if the ball comes your way, make a play.” That can be on either end of the court. Sometimes games are determined by which team make the last play. Yesterday’s WNBA game between Phoenix and Seattle is an excellent example. [/QUOTE]

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