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Message: [QUOTE="Fairfield Fan, post: 4562453, member: 6911"] Villanova is an excellent team. They play superb defense themselves. Last night, despite being undersized (just one player as tall as 6'2"), they pulled down 17 offensive rebounds. They took 70 shots to less than 60 for Connecticut. And though they lose Siegrist next year, they bring back nine players who were underclassmen this year. Very, very scrappy. Even being severely height-constrained, they also blocked five shots? They play taller than they are. But we had effective bigs, and they didn't. That was the difference. This league, outside of Connecticut, seems to play the same brand of guard-oriented basketball. Few, if any, Bigs to speak of in the conference outside of UConn. And that is probably why only one non-UConn team is ranked nationally. They'll be tough again next year, for sure. [/QUOTE]