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Message: [QUOTE="Fairfield Fan, post: 5037441, member: 6911"] A great deal is riding on Jana's surgically reconstructed Achilles tendon. We all hope and pray that she remains healthy, and that she, like Breanna Stewart, rebounds robustly from the surgery. But beyond Jana, we are not tall. We decline to 6'2". We hope that the badly injured Huskies all recover strongly this year. We also hope that Sarah Strong grows into the superstar she's projected to become. But she's just 6'2", and seems to play more on the perimeter than underneath. Regarding more quality bigs, we'll have to wait and hope. ESPN ranks Gandy at #69 in its Top 100 Recruits. That doesn't inspire confidence, especially when she's been referred to as a "development" player. And sadly, we've seen too many big, strong post players come in and woefully underperform to put too much faith in her teaming with Jana underneath to neutralize the numerous and talented Bigs on other top teams. Further, our luck recruiting top Bigs has been poor for many years. Indeed, the last time Connecticut won a national title was the last time we fielded a Big-Time Bit: Breanna Stewart. The last time we actually recruited a Top Big was back in 2012. That's a long drought, and we should wonder what's keeping the flow os super-talented Bigs going to so many other programs. So I'll keep my fingers crossed. But we're not at this time facing the "danger" of being "too big." [/QUOTE]