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[QUOTE="Tonyc, post: 5216573, member: 73"]
I like your picks.  Defense as well as having good guard play win championships.  SC and UConn have that right now.  With the time off between now and selection Sunday teams will have time to regroup and heal.  We will see.  Paige was focused this weekend. She looked and played like she did when she won NPOY.  SC looked fierce.  UConns execution and fine tuned passing ate up their opponents while SC's athleticism ran circles around their opponents. Both teams have multiple scorers and both teams have depth.  UConn has Paige and two other go to scorers.  Both have really good defenses.  These are my two top teams as of yesterday's games. What is going to be needed is a balanced scoring attack with leadership at the guard position.  At this stage of the season top teams can slow down a team which has has one dimensional scoring threat. You saw what SC did to Texas and UCLA did to USC.  Pressure defense will hurt teams that do not have good ball handlers.  The brackets will be what they are.  Your going to have to score and your going to have to keep your opponent from scoring.  The biggest difference with UConn is now they appear to be healthy.  Their early season losses might have been different if they were healthy.  Still UConn has one loss since Jan 1.
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