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Message: [QUOTE="EricLA, post: 2656269, member: 26"] My $.02 FWIW... SC lost 6 games this season, but 2 were to Tenn without Wilson. They got slaughtered by UCONN, but played us essentially even in the 2nd half. I doubt very much that we are able to blitz them again. Additionally, Jennings has played much better of late, or rather, has been much more productive of late. She was a non factor vs UCONN the first time (5 points). Jackson scored 20 against us, and she's a gamer, but that's an outlier for the freshman. Harris is a player too, so Crystal will need to be on point to disrupt her flow. On the flip side, Danger was 1-10 with 5 points in the Feb and either she takes less shots or scores more points in the elite 8. Also Stevens was even less of a factor - 2 points in 17 minutes with more fouls (4) than points (2) or boards (2). Suffice to say she's a different player as well and no way will she have that kind of contribution in the elite 8. Walker played 10 minutes, scored 0 points, had 1 board and 4 fouls. I'd not be surprised to see a similar performance against SC. Basically UCONN goes 6 deep with an overwhelmed Walker contributing little, if anything. No slam against her, she's just not improved enough this year to be any help in a big game like this. Having said all of that, our outside shooting and mid rang game needs to be ON POINT. We shot 40% the first time from beyond the arc and need something similar. Everyone needs to shoot well - they were great in the 1st game except for Crystal who was 1-5. Bottom line I think UCONN is 15-20 points better than SC. Neither team played particularly well in the sweet 16. If both teams play the same, it's UCONN by 18. If UCONN plays the same and SC brings their A game, SC wins. If both teams bring their A games, It's UCONN by 20+ (I think our A game is that much better than theirs). Bottom line is I have no idea what to expect from this team. They have been anything but consistent this season (great quarters followed by inexplicably crap quarters). And this has been with ALL the starters in. I don't think SC is terribly deep at this point - they go 7 while we will probably go 6 deep. I think Z is the biggest difference maker this game - not that she will be 20 and 10, but rather she will present problems for them that she did not present the first time - she's much improved... [/QUOTE]

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