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Message: [QUOTE="bballnut90, post: 4879266, member: 2117"] This is a little cherry picked and misleading if your data implies that Sakima Walker has more experience than Paige Bueckers. I think a more accurate way of looking at experience is seeing who has direct playing experience and their role on their team. UCONN has 3 players with a wealth of experience in Edwards/Bueckers/Muhl. Edwards/Muhl are 4 year starters, Bueckers has been the star player her whole career and is probably the most experienced and relied upon player out of the 3. After that, it's all freshmen in the rotation. I wouldn't even mention Deberry/Bettencourt since neither can crack the lineup. UCONN has ample experience in some spots but none in others and no insurance policy of the bench for when their freshmen struggle. South Carolina has a couple of similarly experienced veterans in Pao-Pao and Cardoso (though she didn't play vs UCONN), and a returning rotation player in sophomore Raven Johnson. After that, it's a slew of players who were seldom used the previous year but have thrived in larger roles this season (ex. Watkins/Feagin/Kitts/Hall), plus 2 freshmen (Johnson/Fulwiley). Jah/Walker aren't rotation players so I don't think it's relevant to bring them up here. I think it's hard to say one team overall is more experienced than the other--their roster make ups are just different. Due to injuries, UCONN's is imbalanced and their players are either extremely experienced or have no experience. With SC, they have a couple of experienced players, a slew of players without much playing experience prior to this year, and a couple without experience. [/QUOTE]

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