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Message: [QUOTE="DefenseBB, post: 5339193, member: 7492"] I would say Ice has certainly improved her passing to the tune of 1.96 Assist to turnover ratio (55-28 ) from her 1st year of .872 (41 to 47) but to say she is a good passer is still a bit of a stretch . Considering how often we use the high post (the ratio certainly is good but the raw number of assists is low), Ice has not utilized this position as well as you would think. Jana is similar to Ice in her first year with .830 Assist to turnover ratio (40/48) so I hope a big jump also occurs and am more bullish on Jana becoming adept in the high post than Ice. As noted, Ice has struggled with confidence and I am really hoping in year 4 of the program, she can gain what she needs. That said, I would hope Geno and staff have learned their coaching lessons from when Dorka arrived and they couldn't figure out how to use a 2-time First Team Big Ten player in our lineup. Serah too, is also 2-time First Team Big Ten player so they need to find a way. Stop trying to make a square peg fit into a round hole. I don't know what the final rotation will be at the end of the year but I certainly can guess. All the players will be given ample opportunity to prove they warrant playing time but in March, I see a rotation of 9-10 players with 10 or more minutes per game and the front-court is the biggest limitation as Geno likes to go small. Ice, Yanna, Gandy and even Jana may struggle for key minutes if they can't pass, shoot or defend at an elite level. Like I have said previously, this team is extremely talented and unselfish so passing will be critical (and awesome to watch) but getting all the new pieces to work well together will take time. While this team is capable of 90+ points per game, Geno will make the team work on the half-court offense, utilizing clock and ball movement to limit the number of points. After Azzi and Sarah, I am still unsure about our 3 pt game as we need to hit a .350 clip as a team. Ash will help but CD, KK and K9 all have to hit shots when wide open. That will open up the inside for Serah, Jana and Ice. What I do know is I don't want Ice or Jana taking 3 point shots. I worry about the amount of quality minutes Allie will get to see how her shooting could aid us. But as I said, the 15 story lines will be interesting to see how it plays out. Arguably our toughest OOC game is Tennessee in Feb so we should be hitting on all cylinders by then and People's Bank Arena will be rocking with 15,000+ fans. [/QUOTE]

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