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Message: [QUOTE="Bigpetunia, post: 2292451, member: 1772"] I have enormous respect and admiration for Tara, obviously a great person and a true pillar of WCBB...but if she pulls off a win against this particular group of Huskies, and does so on a neutral court, I'll be shocked. Of course a first game loss is no season deal-breaker for either team, but the discrepancy in talent for the matchup this time around is way too slanted in UConn's favor to raise any undue concerns. More importantly, since the game itself is not freighted with all that much meaning, we should all be pleased to have as many of the toughest potential OOC opponents on the schedule as reasonably possible...heightens both the interest and anticipation levels dramatically, and makes the team much more battle-hardened and ready for post-season play. I grew up in the Deep South, and was weaned, among other things, on SEC football, where it was total war for most teams every Saturday. There were very few "yawners," and by the time the regular season ended, any team facing post-season play viewed such contests as "just another game" after the gauntlet they'd already been through. If our favorite team is, as we believe, of true championship caliber, it, and we, should gleefully welcome these opportunities to prove the point! The opposition should (and undoubtedly will), face such games with much more trepidation than the other way around! [/QUOTE]