I thought this was a great game. Very well played by both teams despite many missed shots....always love seeing Geno get out coached in the end, especially to Muffet. I thought him keeping ONO on the bench was a huge mistake. Eerily reminiscent of last year's Final Four when he benched Stevens for the entire 3rd quater when ND made their run and got back into it. ND was a smoother team down the stretch and executed well on both ends.
I'm very interested to see what happens for UCONN the next few seasons. Geno still has his plethora of number 1 recruits, but even with a very talented roster they never fully gelled like they have the past decade. This was the first year since probably 2007 where UCONN didn't look machine-like. Their 2 best players graduate so I could see them potentially missing their first Final Four.
Notre Dame is going to drop off big time next year with all of their graduates. This might be Muffet's last chance for a title the next several years.