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Message: [QUOTE="Bone Dog, post: 4399377, member: 12088"] I absolutely think we'll be better [B]than the Stanford team we beat in the FF[/B] -- that's all I claimed. Your question changes the terms. My point was that Creme's rankings ought to have asked if Stanford is better now than the team that lost to UConn in the FF, and whether we are better than that FF team. Would we be even better now with a healthy Paige? of course. Only an idiot would think otherwise. But is the team we'll field this coming season better than the one we put on the court in that final four game? I think it will be. Why? Because Dorka was injured, Caroline was struggling with her hip, and though Paige was awesome, she was also hobbled. If you doubt it, watch the tape of the 4th quarter from the FF game. At that point in the season, she was only worried about playing two more games. But at the beginning of this season, [B]that Paige[/B] would be too fragile to carry us the way she did then. Starting this season, we'll have Dorka back and a deep front court. I think our perimeter shooting will be significantly better, too. Losing Paige is a terrible blow. But it turns out Geno recruited a very deep team. I'm a hopeless optimist, but I expect Azzi and Caroline to be a better pair than what we had in Paige's freshman year, and the trio Azzi Caroline Lou to be better than Paige Christyn Evina from the end of last season. When [B]mighty Paige[/B] comes back next fall, no longer [B]fragile Paige[/B], we will be unstoppable. I think that's indisputable. But I also think the roster we have going into this season is better than what we put on the court at the end of last season. [/QUOTE]

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