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Message: [QUOTE="DefenseBB, post: 4444688, member: 7492"] I laud the comparison effort with these slight observations: 1. UConn will go 7 deep against ND. 2. ND will go 8 deep against UConn (Jenna Brown will play very limited minutes, if at all). 3. Just like the Iowa game, Nika will guard Miles to make her work very hard for everything. 4. The down low question is which team is better offensively (UConn) and which team will win the battle of the boards. ND has 4 players to rotate in Watson, Westbeld, Ebo and Marshall. UConn has 3+ with Edwards, Griffin, Ducharme and Patterson. 5. Who should guard Citron out on the wing will be key as she is their #2 scorer. Aubrey makes the most sense but then who do you put inside against those other ND bigs-Patterson who fouls too much or Ducharme? I am curious what Geno does. Maybe he challenges Lou or Azzi on her. Maybe Azzi and Lou on Mabry. 6. Team defense is still key and UConn has the big edge here. ND's inside game is suspect, but they do put up 35.5 points per game thus far (against less than quality front court teams). If Nika can shut down Miles like she did to Caitlin, UConn will win. Of real interest to me is if Miles and Mabry lose their cool as has been their modus operandi when things don't go their way. [/QUOTE]