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Message: [QUOTE="Teacherdeb, post: 2545675, member: 3311"] I would suggest that you are missing the coaching- I thought the game plan by Mississippi State in the semifinal was brilliant, and SchaEfer isn’t going anywhere. Consider the 1991 Huskies- where were those players ranked? And through the early 90’s- with the exception of Lobo, CT players weren’t highly ranked. And yet, they won consistently. I still believe a cheap shot by Tonya Sampson of NC against Risotti that causing her to sit out a while changed the outcome of that game- CT was good enough to win that year. So it comes down to coaching. Obviously it helps getting the quality players Geno recruits, but the ability to read a recruit for their future value and the ability to draw out a player’s best is one of Coach Auriemma’s finest qualities. I respect Schaefer a lot- he also knew how to use that 60 point loss as a major motivation, and we failed to see that coming. That’s why they play the games. [/QUOTE]