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Message: [QUOTE="Buzzyboy, post: 2680312, member: 1364"] There is absolutely no way of knowing how the chemistry would be different if their "best" player were playing. Their offense might actually be better without her because she isn't the big focus of their offense and therefore, it's more efficient and players that wouldn't have been as integral have had the opportunity to contribute in different and better ways. They had a player throw up a career high (by far) in points and as mentioned, UConn was hurt and had a few players saddled with fouls that really crippled their ability to play defense aggressively. The way the game was called by the refs (I'm not saying they were anti-UConn) played into Notre Dame's hands and we all know that their success a few years back had a lot to do with Notre Dame coaching their players on how to draw fouls or at least FOUL CALLS to not only score points from the free throw line but also to handicap their opponents. [/QUOTE]