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Excellent post, and the point that it is hard to win and to win consistently, look at uconn with all of their advantages, the last time they won the national championship was in 2011.  Basketball has always been a game where guard play is the deciding factor when teams get into the post season.

Correction:  UConn WBB won the NCAA Championship all four years Brianna Stewart played for the Huskies: 2013 to 2016.  UConn has made it to the Final Four for the last 14 years from 2008.  But true that UConn has not won the Championship the last five years (Covid led to the tournament cancellation in 2020).

Also true that winning as consistently as Stanford has is an exceptional accomplishment most programs would love to achieve.

Thanks to Chimera for a thoughtful, insightful post.

My report on the weekend's games is on the Fast Break Club site, www.stanfordfbc.org.

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Excellent post, and the point that it is hard to win and to win consistently, look at uconn with all of their advantages, the last time they won the national championship was in 2011.  Basketball has always been a game where guard play is the deciding factor when teams get into the post season.

Correction:  UConn WBB won the NCAA Championship all four years Brianna Stewart played for the Huskies: 2013 to 2016.  UConn has made it to the Final Four for the last 14 years from 2008.  But true that UConn has not won the Championship the last five years (Covid led to the tournament cancellation in 2020).

Also true that winning as consistently as Stanford has is an exceptional accomplishment most programs would love to achieve.

Thanks to Chimera for a thoughtful, insightful post.

My report on the weekend's games is on the Fast Break Club site, www.stanfordfbc.org.