[teejers1]

Sometimes it takes a little luck in the tourney but I'd relish a chance to play SC again in the Final 4 or championship game. And if we are fortunate enough to get to that point, anything can happen. Let's keep it going!

You mean like having your opponent miss a point-blank shot at the buzzer and you escape with a 1-point W as a result?
Yeah, I think we'd all agree that in most tourney runs, you need some luck.

But as noted in this thread, first and foremost, you need good player health; then you need enough good players playing well in the games - that's not, btw, near-peak performance from everyone (I don't think Ki played her best ball in FF, for sure, but she still contributed); and I might add an extraordinary performance from a non-star along the way (Prechtel the bacon-saver in last year's Elite 8); then sprinkle in some good old fashioned luck.  Get those and Stanford should be in good shape.

The good news is that Stanford's depth should give the team a great chance to tick off those factors . . . and then there's your luck point!

P.S. For our UConn fan, I still expect UConn to be a FF team, even if the healthy roster hasn't had a lot of time playing together. But I am assuming the roster is back by then.

[teejers1]

Sometimes it takes a little luck in the tourney but I'd relish a chance to play SC again in the Final 4 or championship game. And if we are fortunate enough to get to that point, anything can happen. Let's keep it going!

You mean like having your opponent miss a point-blank shot at the buzzer and you escape with a 1-point W as a result?
Yeah, I think we'd all agree that in most tourney runs, you need some luck.

But as noted in this thread, first and foremost, you need good player health; then you need enough good players playing well in the games - that's not, btw, near-peak performance from everyone (I don't think Ki played her best ball in FF, for sure, but she still contributed); and I might add an extraordinary performance from a non-star along the way (Prechtel the bacon-saver in last year's Elite 8); then sprinkle in some good old fashioned luck.  Get those and Stanford should be in good shape.

The good news is that Stanford's depth should give the team a great chance to tick off those factors . . . and then there's your luck point!

P.S. For our UConn fan, I still expect UConn to be a FF team, even if the healthy roster hasn't had a lot of time playing together. But I am assuming the roster is back by then.