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Message: [QUOTE="hoophuskee, post: 4257416, member: 3535"] They weren't soft. I'm with Meg Culmo that she stated that particularly in the 1st quarter UCONN they got the shots they wanted (which doesn't exclude other quarters). And it has been noted which Meg cited UCONN was something like 2-12 on layups. What's that telling us? IMO it's telling us that UCONN was to a certain degree able to run it's offense. Very proud of the team having to do that vs a team noted for their tenacious defense while having 3 5th year seniors, 2 regular seniors, and 2 juniors defending them. In addition, the UCONN defense was superb/supreme. I know there was talk of "what if UCF hit their free throws" but then as we know UCF went 5-10 from 3 in which they normally go 30%. UCF was very fortunate there. I have a lot of respect for UCF for what they are, but when your defense is allowing Azzi Fudd to get 10 open looks from 3 along while relying on 2-12 missed layups, it means the opposing offense was doing pretty well against you. And all that credit goes to UCONN players and coaching staff. You just don't win overall by defense alone. Both ability to run offense (in this case gets Azzi open looks) while also getting opportunities to score from point blank (i.e. get opposing team into foul trouble) and play terrific D are what wins- balance. It's all about balance and UCONN showed it vs a gritty UCF. [/QUOTE]