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Message: [QUOTE="stamfordhusky, post: 3415169, member: 649"] You have got to be kidding! Not only was UConn facing experienced players who were much bigger and much stronger, but the UConn five all had to play FAR more minutes than the U.S. team - which for obvious reasons has a much better bench. Total minutes for UConn five: Walker 38 Dangerfield 36 Williams 33 ONO 31 Makurat 31 [B]AVERAGE 34[/B] And the U.S. fourth quarter team played the following total minutes: Ogwumike 27 McBride 25 Grey 24 Plum 17 Stewie/Fowles/Charles 19 (average) [B]AVERAGE 22.5[/B] So the UConn squad averaged 34 minutes against the biggest, strongest, most experienced, and most talented group they have ever faced. And a much more rested team. The U.S. team's fourth quarter lineup only played an average of 22.5 minutes for the entire night. Further, the first four of that group had only played an average of 13 minutes apiece entering the last quarter. They couldn't possible have been more well rested. And yet it's a "troubling trend" that UConn couldn't keep up with them down the stretch?? [B] [/B] [/QUOTE]