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Message: [QUOTE="Tonyc, post: 5125320, member: 73"] Well Im looking at this a little differently. UCLA shot over 47% from trey with one player going 5 for 5. UCLA overall shot the ball very well. This is one game and its early in the season. Many teams arent up to speed yet. On other point UCLA had 17 TOs. Betts controlled the middle and SC did not have a big that could match her as they did in previous seasons. UCLA played team ball and had everybody involved. IMO SC did not look to have a go to player to help bail them out. In the ND USC game as I said in another thread both teams looked sloppy. Alot of ill advised shots. Hidalgo and Miles were the offense. Not alot of team ball. Alot of one on one play. USC was dependent on Juju and Hidalgo made things tuff for Juju who had a size advantage. Early on it seemed like Juju was the offense and imo trying to do to much. One other point ND's Westbeld is out with and injury. There is alot of talk about how UConn will do against UCLA and ND. Well UCLA is not on our schedule so we may face them in the NCAA tournament. As far as ND. We play them in a couple of weeks @ ND. First though Texas is at ND. As we have seen in the past playing at ND is not an easy task. There is alot of talk about how UConn will slow down Hidalgo and Miles who appeared to be NDs offense.. Well my question is how is ND going to slow down Paige Azzi and Sarah? I think that is our answer. Ice is looking good and Jana is coming along just fine. UConn plays unselfish team ball. As good as ND and UCLA looked that was one game. For me being early in the season had alot to do with the play of all 4 teams. SC and USC appeared not to be ready which suggests to me that arent as bad as they looked and their opponents arent as good as they looked. When you play a good team and have an bad game the tendency is to look worse then you are and better then you are. UConn beat UNC on the road and pretty much had the game under control. Azzi's first game back was against FDU and she got her feet wet for the first time in about a year. She will get better over the next few weeks and should be playing better when we face ND. With that said against ranked teams UConn ND and UCLA all won handily by double digits with UConn and ND on the road. Most of us agree Paige and Azzi are the best guard combos in WCBB. That doesnt change in just one game. Paige and Azzi do alot more then just score. Now add Sarah in the mix. How are defenses gonna slow down all three? IMO UConn now has 3 great scoring options in Paige Azzi and Sarah. Our next games are against Oregon St (today). OleMiss/Boston, Holy Cross, and LVille before we face ND. We will see where we are and where ND is at. One thing is for sure its gonna be one heck of a game. As far as this weeks polls imo UConn has done nothing loose their position in the polls. ND and UCLA havent earned the right to move up 4/5 positions in the polls because of one game. Texas ND and UCLA are ranked 4,5,6 in last weeks polls. Until UConn is beaten they remain number 1 1. UConn 2. ND 3. UCLA 4. Texas 5. SC [/QUOTE]

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