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[QUOTE="hoophuskee, post: 4399371, member: 3535"]
Dorka also had a bandage on her right hand that game. She's right handed and it was her 3rd game. And Edwards was a much, much, much better player in the 2nd half of the year than 1st half. And Liv was playing hurt with I believe the groin injury in the 2nd game.

I'd like to also add that after the IU game in S16, I believe the IU coach remarked that she was surprised how physical UCONN was. And Stanford Coach Tara V spoke in the postgame how physical Liv was and Edwards. They were in their best form. The title game, Liv was hurt. There's no Dorka. They had to have Evina guard Boston at times. With all that was missing ofc they were going to get crushed in the paint to a certain high level.

With Liv and Edwards rounding in peak form and if we had a healthy Dorka, it would have been a nice revolving 3 bigs for 2 positions. Then Evina and Caroline could have been small forwards . While UCONN wouldn't have won the battle of the boards - this lineup would have competed much better in the paint than what UCONN ultimately had happen with no Dorka and an ailing Liv that could only play 24 minutes because she was hurt.
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