02-09-2021, 12:38 PM
(02-09-2021, 12:22 PM)BosCard Wrote: I think this year's UConn team is one of the top teams in the country and has as good of a chance to win the national championship as anyone else. BUT, it is a big step down from the Breanna Stewart led UConn teams which seemed almost unbeatable. Also a step down from the Collier/Samuelson led UConn teams where it seemed like you would have to bring your A game to beat them. In this game, it seemed like South Carolina should have beaten UConn but they just played a really bad game and missed a lot of unguarded layups.
Agreed, beyond Bueckers, none of their other players scare me too much. I was surprised that Westbrook didn't have more of a role in the game; I thought she would be their second option after Bueckers, but Griffin and Nelson-Ododa seem to have more of an offensive presence than she did, at least in last night's contest.
When playing the Breanna Stewart-led teams of '13-'16, you needed a perfect game from your team and a step down from theirs to have any chance, but I feel like even though we will have to play well to beat them (if we match up against them in the tournament), we don't need all the stars to align to pull off the victory