Tampa – And now for another rendition of "Ask The Experts." They better be experts, too, to answer the following question:

So how do you beat the UConn women?

This is the question all weekend at Amalie Arena, site of the 2015 Final Four. Aside from a hiccup at Stanford a few months back, the Huskies have thrown every opponent since off a balcony. Is there hope for Maryland, South Carolina and Notre Dame?

A sampling of opinions:

• ESPN analyst Rebecca Lobo: "Play like Dayton did, but you do it for 40 minutes. It's hard. You have to score because Connecticut is going to score. But it's hard because their defense is so good. They make it difficult for you to score.

"This is a cop out, but get Moriah Jefferson in foul trouble or Stewie (Breanna Stewart) in foul trouble. If you get Stewie in foul trouble, you take away one of the huge mismatches on the floor. You need some kind of help like that to beat them."

• Washington Mystics coach Mike Thibault: "Light candles. After that, there are three things we always talk to our players about that win playoff games: rebounds, turnovers and free throws. You need to win two of those. Against UConn, preferably turnovers and free throws, because every extra possession you give them, that's another nail in you.

"You also have to avoid those three-minute scoring droughts. Those are killers. And you can't be afraid of them. Easy to say, harder to do. But I think that's why Dayton was competitive for a while the other night. They just went out and played."

• ESPN analyst Kara Lawson: "(Maryland coach) Brenda (Frese) has the same problem everybody else has. The first thing, try to limit Breanna Stewart. The problem is that she moves around. It's not like you can say 'she catches on the block, we're going to do this to her.' She plays everywhere.

"The best shot is to have one player that can come as close to an athlete as she is. Someone with a little size and athleticism, moving with her as she moves around. Maryland doesn't have that. They have some athletes, some big players but not someone who can move around. I don't know that they're going to be successful defending her.

"Stewart and (Morgan) Tuck are the main issues. From a guard perspective, they match up pretty well. Maryland should feel confident they can get into the lane against Connecticut. I anticipate their bigs are going to be difficult to defend."

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