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Message: [QUOTE="Dugway, post: 5347017, member: 13446"] My prediction ... the starting five in the first 8 to ten games will not necessarily be the same starting five towards the end of the season. The first part of the season, Geno will go with experienced players from last season who know his system, the fluidity of it, and have seniority. Once the transfers, the freshmen and the previously injured players start to develop a better flow for it, once he sees who can play both ends of the court, he will be starting the best players he has at that point in time. I don't see Fudd and/or Strong ever not starting, I guess barring some type of injury or illness, those two start and play significant minutes in every game. First part of the season, KK will be the starting point guard, K9, as well as the guppy will substitute. Will Arnold lose that starting spot later into the season? Maybe, maybe not, there are definitely others on the team with talent! One thing for certain, all three are incredibly fast and play great defense!!! Who will be most prone to turn the ball over? First part of the season, Shade will be starting on the wing, and Blanca and Carol will substitute. Perhaps in some games, UConn may want to go with power forwards in the starting lineup alongside of Sarah Strong; initially I'd say Ice before Patterson, but that may change as well. Will Ashlynn be the starter throughout the season? Maybe, maybe not. That is five incredibly talented players vying for one starting spot; three will likely get quite a bit of play time, and two will play only minor wrap up minutes at the conclusion of the games. Which? Who? I don't know! At center, I think he starts Jana in the first part of the season. For the same reason he started Ice over Jana in the first ten games last season, he will start Jana over Serah initially. I don't however see El Alfy holding that spot from Williams throughout all of the 35 games. Just based upon previous season's play, with the exception of the UConn experience, those players are not in the same ballpark. But perhaps the Great Pyramid develops to become a national player of the year candidate and keeps that spot? I personally think that is the standard that will be necessary to hold off Williams! Malou-Mamel will not start any, she will only be seeing wrap up minutes towards the end of the games. Who have I missed? I don't think we will see Allie start in any game; she will be behind Azzi as a shooter and just ... well, she will not start. Morgan? She is currently hurt. I don't know how bad the injury is but either way I am not going to predict that she will start any games at all, even if she is healthy. There are just too many on the list who will be in front of her by the time she gets healthy. [/QUOTE]

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