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Message: [QUOTE="hoophuskee, post: 2277374, member: 3535"] I don't understand most of your points. 1--- What are you saying? I hope you're not suggesting you think that having a deep bench is better than having high tier talent? Notre Dame had a number 1 pick, 2 numbers 3 picks and a number 9. That far superseded the point you made about Maya's team. A number 1 tier-player will bring players up a level because as a number 1 or number 3 fro example usually have some point of their game that is tremendous. When UCONN got Maya Moore and Lorin Dixon-- UCONN onyl had two players and Dixon was high but that high. There is a reason why the class of Maya (and Lorin) was a powerful class. Because the one player - a super player-- has an enormous impact on the game. 2-- What's your point to number 2? You're the one that thinks it was relevant to bring up the teams. So what I'm saying is DT went against weaker opponents. Yes she had weaker teammates. But she had weaker opponents. As an upperclassman, she was obviously the focal point of the team and the leader. Stewart had much superior teammates, but she had much superior opponents too. 3-- I looked up the 7 times UCONN and Tenn played total combining the final four and finals. The 2002, 2003 and 2004 were the weakest Tenn teams. The Tenn teams of 1995, 1996, 1997 and 2000 were superior. Yes DT helped beat among the weakest teams Tenn brought to the final four when competing against UCONN. SO what does that prove? And then we can look at during Stewie's era-- in her 1st year -- that ND team was far superior to those Tenn teams. I'll stack Diggins, McBride, Achonwa and Loyd against 2002, 2003 and 2004 Tennessee and imo ND easily - very easily comes out on top. IMo the ND games were [B]a tough slog too. [/B]When DT helped beat the 2002, 2003 and 2004 Tenn teams, there was no Parker, Catchings or Holdsclaw. Are you trying to say the year Stewie was a frosh and she helped lead her team to victory over ND that had beaten UCONN three previous times that year (two at home) - that the games weren't [B]a tough slog? [/B]Two years later -- another tough game. ND was a tough slog, right? [B][/B] 4-- I don't understand point 4 that you made. [/QUOTE]

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