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Brink’s 4th foul was a terrible call.

Brink's still learning.  Against a smaller player, she needs to keep her elbow against her body.  That's an appropriate move against a player as big or bigger than she.  But it will get called against a much shorter player.

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5) We can ooo and ahhh all we want over Brink's stats, but let me just call attention to one:  she had 5 assists.  So important going forward to do this when other teams focus their attention on stopping her.

6) Irafen had one of the most beautiful post moves I have seen, when she beat two defenders by going under them and doing a revers layup.

All good points, but about these two: 

I agree that Stanford has had an easier path than the other PAC-12 leaders. Not only which teams they played, but also who was unavailable for the opponents.  I appreciated 81alum's earlier point about winning by two games makes the "which teams" argument weaker.

Across all players, there were a lot of reverse layups.  Maybe this is a consequence of practicing against Brink or Iriafen.

It was good to see both Brink and Iriafen do well against a big opponent.  It seems they've been adding moves recently.  I have to think Iriafen would love to share the stage and spotlight with Brink next year.  I'm sure in practice, they get to hone their skills against one of the nation's best.  Imagine another year of that.  Iriafen might not get quite as many points next year with Brink, but few teams can handle them as a pair.  The tag team use of one or the other has been useful, but they are best as twin trees.

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Brink’s 4th foul was a terrible call.

Brink's still learning.  Against a smaller player, she needs to keep her elbow against her body.  That's an appropriate move against a player as big or bigger than she.  But it will get called against a much shorter player.

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5) We can ooo and ahhh all we want over Brink's stats, but let me just call attention to one:  she had 5 assists.  So important going forward to do this when other teams focus their attention on stopping her.

6) Irafen had one of the most beautiful post moves I have seen, when she beat two defenders by going under them and doing a revers layup.

All good points, but about these two: 

I agree that Stanford has had an easier path than the other PAC-12 leaders. Not only which teams they played, but also who was unavailable for the opponents.  I appreciated 81alum's earlier point about winning by two games makes the "which teams" argument weaker.

Across all players, there were a lot of reverse layups.  Maybe this is a consequence of practicing against Brink or Iriafen.

It was good to see both Brink and Iriafen do well against a big opponent.  It seems they've been adding moves recently.  I have to think Iriafen would love to share the stage and spotlight with Brink next year.  I'm sure in practice, they get to hone their skills against one of the nation's best.  Imagine another year of that.  Iriafen might not get quite as many points next year with Brink, but few teams can handle them as a pair.  The tag team use of one or the other has been useful, but they are best as twin trees.