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-It’s easy for mere spectators, and writers sitting comfortably weeks later musing about minimal ‘10-Point Victory Margins, to forget just
how hard UConn has fought – and had to fight – repeatedly gutting it out and rising to the occasion to overcome tough teams like Maryland.
- Nobody I saw sitting at MSG thought Maryland wasn’t good enough… when they seized the momentum (making 8 of their last 9 shots), closing the score to just 4 points with 1:06 remaining in the 4th Period.
-Then, Kia Nurse’s decisiveness, slicing inward, between three defenders she drew in, successfully improvising a dish with superb athleticism… to a cool-as-ice Saniya Chong …calling for the ball when the chips were down… Big Time Game, Big Time Shot, Big Time Team.
- Big Time Players fighting their way through the toughest practices, toughest conditioning program, and very best efforts of the likes of Maryland, USF, South Carolina, Notre Dame,… while carrying the biggest target on their back ever seen in WCBB – “Stop Their Four-Peat!” But now some argue WCBB won’t be interesting because of a stat… UConn thus far is winning by at least 10? Well.
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts - for support rather than illumination." (Andrew Lang)