[81alum]

The danger of a win like this is that we tend to forget it was pretty much a result of the Cam-and-Agnes show in the 4th Q, as opposed to the strong and balanced team effort on both O and D that we would need to go deep into the Final Four.

It is true that Brink, Emma-Nnopu, and I would argue Lepolo bailed us out in the 4th after a lackluster offense through three.  But it is a hallmark of this team that different players carry the team in different games--depending on match ups and opposing defenses.  The team can be balanced over a series of games even if it is not particularly balanced in any one game.  We are a long way, for example, from Chiney's senior year in which every game depended on her performance, or as Tara called it "Chiney and the Chinettes."

None of that excuses, however, the fact that it took us 3/4 of the game to adjust and figure out how to play UCLA.

[81alum]

The danger of a win like this is that we tend to forget it was pretty much a result of the Cam-and-Agnes show in the 4th Q, as opposed to the strong and balanced team effort on both O and D that we would need to go deep into the Final Four.

It is true that Brink, Emma-Nnopu, and I would argue Lepolo bailed us out in the 4th after a lackluster offense through three.  But it is a hallmark of this team that different players carry the team in different games--depending on match ups and opposing defenses.  The team can be balanced over a series of games even if it is not particularly balanced in any one game.  We are a long way, for example, from Chiney's senior year in which every game depended on her performance, or as Tara called it "Chiney and the Chinettes."

None of that excuses, however, the fact that it took us 3/4 of the game to adjust and figure out how to play UCLA.