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Message: [QUOTE="hoophuskee, post: 4285212, member: 3535"] Two-time A/A Charlie Collier. She ended up going to Texas. And eventually became the number 1 draft pick in the WNBA last year. And in regards to CD and Nika-- Nika absolutely. We "found her" last year. So, no reason why we wouldn't have found her again. As far as CD - she was terrific in the game Paige got hurt. And then during the run during the middle of the season she was sensational. But how much did she help the team the last 4+ weeks? Other than seeding what did she significantly do the last 4+ weeks? It's not her fault. She was banged up. As far as cultivation, when UCON recruits a player, there is no "God-given right" they will be a very good force in the paint. However, the UCONN bigs did get positive mention from Indiana in which the coach was surprised how physical UCONN was,. And UCONN outrebounded Stanford- a far better effort than last year vs Arizona to boot. That was the number 2 ranked team in the nation. And even without Dorka, UCONN's frontline held up. That is cultivation. What it comes down to is when can there be an acknowledgment that the team has been cultivated as far as it can go and leave it at that? Does this mean the 11 championships UCONN won that all of the opposing coaches didn’t cultivate their teams adequately enough too? Where is the line drawn? Maybe Liv isn't good enough to be cultivated any more than she was. Maybe the soph Edwards a 23 ranked recruit is good enough to perform well enough vs everyone but the number 1 ranked team at this point in her young career? With those teams that cultivate inside play, only 1+% go farther than UCONN over the past several years. [/QUOTE]

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