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Message: [QUOTE="Carnac, post: 4312005, member: 5798"] Congratulations to our two incoming freshmen. We're not the only ones that perceive them to be ELITE wbb players. This award only raises the expectation bar that was already high. Some UConn fans expect them to come in and play at the level of greatness they played at in high school right away. That's not going to happen. They go from being the oldest and most experienced players on the court to the youngest inexperienced on the court. No one knows RIGHT NOW (May 10) how fast either of them will develop this year, or how fast they will raise the level of their game to be able to play with their new teammates and against elite opponents without hurting the team or embarrassing themselves. Geno has told us on more than one occasion that he will never put a player on the court if there is a chance she would embarrass herself. We'll get report this summer and again once official practice begins around the second week in October. Even the great ones had that "period of adjustment." So too will Brady and Patterson. Based on the level of competition that UConn plays in the preseason, it would be nice if one of them made that transition by the time they play that first exhibition game in early November. [/QUOTE]