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Message: [QUOTE="Pudge, post: 2061395, member: 364"] I don't agree with YOU or yukonyc212. Season is NOT lost. Never was. It changed in tone and direction when we lost 2 of our top 3 & Diarra. It was always going to be about development; it probably was always going to be fairly difficult for the 11 kids that Ollie had in September to make March Madness out of the AAC. First, Cincinnati has a very good team for them. Acknowledging that they are better offensively than they have been, they have a good 8 players. I think they may go farther in MM than previous years; but, won't be surprised at all if we see them out before the Sweet 16. SMU is better than I thought they'd be. A good solid 6 players and probably better than we have a right to have expected for our group that hadn't played together at all. Seniors? They have been fine. Facey far better than you had a right to expect. Purvis has been very key through the last 11 games. Brimah is NOT a net liability. Just no. He is a solid rim protector that makes playing UConn far tougher than we'd be without him; watch this next year. Rebounding, he is just not good. Yes he has poor hands and when the ball hits his hands ... the probability he retains it is not good. Enoch, for instance, has outstanding quick hands for a big guy. Both Brimah and Enoch, though, just simply are not good instinctually playing basketball. They don't have high BB IQ. Enoch can get better. Brimah is what he is. In the middle of a defense (and NOTE we can't play UConn traditional Man because we have limitations in numbers and fouls), he is solid. We get great energy when he plays well. Some of us have enjoyed these last few weeks. No whining any longer. Vital is getting fun to watch; Jackson is better; we can see some Durham/Enoch rising; Adams provides hope for a super Junior year; and it is nice to see Purvis & Facey close out well. [/QUOTE]

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