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In case you missed it, here is the link to the UConn/East Carolina Post Game Report

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As I said yesterday, the point of view from the South Carolina camp is that the two main advantages are the overall depth and the advantage in the frontcourt.

I looked at the depth yesterday, so let's look at the front courts and see how they compare.

Front Court

There are three ways to compare front courts:

Depth
Height
Performance

South Carolina has listed 6 players as either a forward or center. One doesn't play at all. Both Dozier and Wilson are listed as guard/forward. Wilson is a forward. They probably listed it like that to make her happy.But they start Dozier so I'll include her. So, for purposes of this exercise, I will list their front court as Wilson, Welch, Coates, Ibiam and White. I really don't want to list White. She has only played in 9 of now 20 games after Thursday's outing. I just convinced myself not to include her.

So, SC's front line is:

6'4" Ibiam MPG - 17.6, PPG - 7.1, RPG - 4.4, Asts - 8, TO - 21, Blk - 21, Stl - 4
6' Welch MPG - 24.9, PPG - 9.6, RPG - 5.7, Asts - 35, TO - 29, Blk - 24, Stl -7
6'4" Coates MPG - 20.5, PPG - 11.1, RPG - 8.6, Asts - 16, TO - 22, Blk - 28, Stl -10
6'5" Wilson MPG - 21.4, PPG - 13.6, RPG - 7.2, Asts - 18, TO - 33, Blk - 31, Stl - 25
5'11 Dozier MPG - 16.7, PPG - 4.5, RPG - .8, Asts - 38, TO - 20, Blk - 2, Stl - 10

UConn's front line is a little easier. They start Stewart, Tuck and KML. And they bring in Stokes and Williams off the bench. But do I count Williams, who hasn't played many minutes against the tougher teams? I am going to include her. Geno said after Wednesday's game that he thought "Gabby is making the most progress". Who am I to argue?

6'4" Stewart MPG - 27.7, PPG - 16.8, RPG - 6.9, Asts - 65, TO - 41, Blk - 43, Stl -38
6'2" Tuck MPG - 25.3, PPG - 14.5, RPG - 5.2, Asts - 58, TO - 37, Blk - 8, Stl - 13
5'11" KML MPG - 28.1, PPG - 14.2, RPG - 4.3, Asts - 51, TO - 26, Blk - 2, Stl - 23
5'11" Williams MPG - 16.5, PPG - 8.4, RPG - 6.0, Asts - 25, TO - 24, Blk - 8, Stl - 27
6'3" Stokes MPG - 20.8, PPG - 5.6, RPG - 8.2, Asts - 20, TO - 21, Blk - 93, Stl - 12

So, now that we have all the players, their heights and their stats, how does the front line comparisons look?

Depth - UConn has 5 frontcourt players, and South Carolina has 5. If White was playing it would be 6-5, then I would argue that Dozier is a guard...lol. So this one is even.

Height - It's pretty clear that if you just use inches, South Carolina has a slight lead. But does anyone believe that Stokes is at a disadvantage over someone one inch taller? Or Tuck? That has yet to be seen. But to be fair, SC has the height advantage.

So, depth and height certainly are ways to measure the front courts. But performance is what counts. Who has the most points, rebounds, etc...etc. That is the difference maker. So how does that shake out???

Performance

South Carolina PPG 45.9, RPG 26.7, Assists 115, Turnovers 125, Blocks 106, Steals 56.

UConn PPG 59.5, RPG 30.6, Assists 219, Turnovers 149, Blocks 154, Steals 113
The numbers speak for themselves, but I'll bark 'em out a little.

UConn's frontcourt has scored 13.6 more PPG. 4.9 more RPG, 114 more assists, 48 mores blocks, 57 more steals than the South Carolina frontcourt.

Case Closed.

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