Women's Hoops Blog

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Friday, November 14, 2008

The Miami Herald's Michele Kaufman says UConn might well win it all this year: Tennessee and LSU sure won't, but UNC, Louisville and, um, Marist just might. (Marist?)

UConn now has two players each from two high schools: one of those two schools is even in-state.

The Huskies have won close games in recent years by dominating the paint: Geno says now, at last, they have all the ball handlers they need.

One of those ball handlers, Maya Moore, may be the best player in the college game, even though she's just a sophomore. "Eight of 13 of us or whatever have been to the Final Four,” she says of this year's team. “We've been that close."