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Message: [QUOTE="cferraro04, post: 4855800, member: 267"] Hey Bone Dog...I never look at the prognosis thread until after I have done my analysis...I don't want to have everyone else's guess to influence how I analyze the game. I haven't been able to hit the MOV or get into the scoring zone for points...but, I believe I do hit on the flow of the game, where we will have difficulties and where we will be able to exploit our opponents. It is just hard to hit the score accurately...we don't know who is going to get into the game from the bench, how many minutes they will get, does Geno tell the team to take the foot off the gas, who is hot from the other team...they always seem to play better against UConn. UConn has been impressive of late, getting good play out of our freshmen starters and Geno being able to give minutes to Ice, Q, Bettencourt, and Amari. I truly believe that we will need some depth during the postseason. We cannot put it all on the starters. It is still a long season with a lot of basketball to play. In my opinion..Ice is the lynchpin to our post-season chances...we need her to be a productive big. We are asking an awful lot of Paige, Aaliyah, and Nika to carry this team across the finish line. I am concerned about playing Marquette at home and not having Aubrey. While Aubrey only scored 9 points and got 9 rebounds she impacts the game with her defense and athleticism. Not having that this game is worrisome. I don't think Q and Ice can make up for the loss of Aubrey. I know that we have 31 points to work with but I think we over-achieved in that game and I think Marquette under-achieved. I think playing at home Marquette is more likely to hit their averages which would put them at or around 77 points and we are more than likely to be around our average which would be about 84 points...this puts us right around the margin of error given that home court could account for 5 points or more. I think we will win this game but I think it will be closer than a lot of people think. [/QUOTE]

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