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Message: [QUOTE="wbball novice, post: 3064112, member: 8663"] Exciting game, maybe not in a good way, kind of like an SEC game. Hard to tell whether good defense or poor offense was the deciding factor. Without KLS, USF was able to close up the passing lanes, clog the paint, and concentrate on Collier. Maybe Collier is only a scoring machine if another player can pull away some defenders. USF coach knew what he was doing. Might also have affected the poor interior passing under the basket, which led to UConn turnovers. If Walker or Collier or Danger miss a shot, KLS would have their back and often get the rebound and often get fouled, and she's a better FT shooter than ONO or even Collier this year. Walker's scoring inside might have been less tentative if she knew KLS would bail her out.. UConn gambled in the second half by getting more aggressive in defense since they didn't have KLS -- and Kyla and Bent weren't successful substitutes. Offense could have been paralyzed if other key players had to sit. Also, if UConn team fouls over the limit, USF gets to shoot more fouls earlier in the half. The gamble worked; USF's decimated and eventually exhausted team was turnover prone. Intangibles: Christyn coming alive in the 4th quarter; instrumental in getting UConn over the hump. Losing to USF would have broken UConn's record of wins in the AAC and losing to a weak team might have affected their seeding. Grinding it out might have a beneficial effect on the underclassmen next year. Yeah, I saw the Tenn-Vandy game (as much as I could stand). [/QUOTE]

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