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Pressure's on Taurasi as tourney approaches

By Greg Garber
ESPN.com

Wednesday, March 19, 2003

Diana Taurasi takes a bounce pass and hoists a sweet 12-foot shot that skims over the rim and tweaks the back of the net -- thwip! Mike Cheng, a University of Connecticut team manager, collects the ball and sends it back to Taurasi. Thwip! And again and again. Thwip! Thwip! Tuesday's formal practice has been over for a while, but Taurasi is in a groove here. She's so on you almost miss the subtle shuffling. Her jumper, at least on this afternoon, has no jump. You can see the layers of white ath ...

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