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[QUOTE="visitingcock, post: 4963122, member: 6872"]
[U]Arms Race Solutions?

Bigger is  not always better.[/U]

Dawn's roster did not work this year because she had a full house of 15 players. Instead, it worked because she had only 11 players to start the year. Nine emerged as regular contributors. One (Sakima Walker) is and probably will always be a deep bench player who appears to be satisfied with little more than mop up minutes. One was dissatisfied with her minutes and was suspended indefinitely for "[I]conduct detrimental to the team[/I]" rather than the  usual "violation of team rules." She is in the portal.

That worked out to four bigs and five guards. Those 9 are[B] very close knit and share[/B] minutes pretty equally. I don't know if the team would have been as cohesive if we had more. I doubt it.

With a larger number, there just aren't enough minutes to satisfy everyone. I believe Geno has used nine player rotations during some championship years. Yes, a few more may be needed in case of injury epidemics such  as in  UConn's recent past. Nevertheless, I'll assert that bigger is not always better.
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