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Message: [QUOTE="bballnut90, post: 2749412, member: 2117"] Best shot is one thing, being a UCONN caliber favorite is another. Mabrey had 9 TOs in the title game. Rewatch the Louisville games. She can be stellar but she’s not a top rate PG. She’s a fantastic wing playing out of position for the betterment of her team. Offense galore is there but they were not a good defensive team last year. Turner is 6-3, not 6-5, and she’s coming off an ACL so who knows if she’ll be as much of a pogo stick. She also isn’t a great passer out of the post like Shepard is, so offense might not be as crisp next year. It could be better too, but it’s an unknown. UCONN played just six but had a HS POY sitting on the bench. This year they bring in 2 top kids and will have 3 HS POY on the roster. The only other team with 1 is Baylor. Regardless of age, talent wise UCONN is the cream of the crop once again. Even if you only have proven results from 3 players, that’s a good number. In 2016-17 you really just had Nurse/KLS as proven commodities coming back, 2015-16 just had 4 with the Big 3 and Nurse coming back, 2014-15 had just 4 proven players returning, 2013-14 had 4 as well. Even if Walker, Ono and Williams aren’t proven, odds are at least 1-2 step up and other returners like Collier/Dangerfield will continue to improve as well. [/QUOTE]