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Message: [QUOTE="JoePgh, post: 3833128, member: 1131"] Regarding the Arkansas game itself, the box score on uconnhuskygames.com shows an interesting factoid: In the 4th quarter, Arkansas shot 36% from the field (5-for-14), took only 3 3-point shots and made one, and scored only 18 points. This wasn't because they took their foot off the gas (at least not intentionally), since the game was in doubt until the very end and UConn took a lead at one point in the 4th quarter. Arkansas did have a 10-0 run in the middle of the quarter, but UConn outscored them decisively by 25-18 in that quarter. To me, that suggests that UConn's defense finally got a grip on the Razorback offense by the final quarter (or maybe there was a fitness factor coming into play). It looked to me as if Geno committed to a man-to-man defense in the last quarter, having consigned the zone defense to the ash heap of history for that game. That provides some reason to expect that if a rematch occurs in the NCAA tournament, there is reason to expect a different result. [/QUOTE]