Geno's 2010-2011 team was reduced to 8 players due to injury and a mid-season transfer (freshman Samarie Walker).
He went with a 6 player rotation most of the year with Lorin Dixon coming off the bench. Lauren Engeln and Michala Johnson were on the far end of the bench, and only played in garbage time.
With only a 6 player rotation, that meant that no one could get tired, get in foul trouble or get hurt the entire season. UConn made the final 4 that year.
I'd say that's doing more with less.
"Some of the inexperience and immaturity that our team has tried to grow through, it came out," she said. "Sometimes you've got to go through those growing pains. It hurts that it had to be in the Final Four. But I really hope that I'll be able to see the benefits of this experience for these guys next year. And hopefully, this will be something they can learn from and respond the same way we did my freshman year." - Maya Moore
Moore always expects the most from herself, and UConn depended on her a great deal this season after losing two starters to graduation (Tina Charles, Kalana Greene) and one to injury (Doty).
Then in January, one of the Huskies' top freshmen, Samarie Walker, transferred.
It put additional weight on Moore's shoulders, when she was already carrying a huge load. But she responded in a big way. After the December loss to Stanford, the Huskies (36-2) didn't fall again until Sunday.
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