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Message: [QUOTE="UcMiami, post: 1658781, member: 199"] Some stats: 1. 20.1 points, 10.4 rebounds, 162 assists, 44 blocks, 46 steals in 52 minutes per game (Team scoring 74.8 ppg, rebounding 42.0) 2. 24.7 points, 9.1 rebounds, 187 assists, 41 blocks, 60 steals in 56 minutes per game (Team scoring 75.5 ppg, rebounding 39.3) 2. 17.8 points, 8.6 rebounds, 116 assists, 53 blocks, 88 steals in 41 minutes per game (Team scoring 88.1 ppg, rebounding 40.7) Those stats are #1 Ann Strother and Barb Turner's freshman stats, #2 Ann and Barb's sophomore stats, #3 Lou and Napheesa's Freshman stats Ann was USA Today player of the year as a senior and Barb was on their first team so not far off the ratings of Lou and Napheesa. Ann started and Barb was primarily coming off the bench though she had 8 starts as a freshman. By sophomore year the were both starters. And in 2004 we as fans were mourning the graduation of DT and Maria, but pretty excited about what Ann and Barb would do as juniors as well as the rest of the two/three time championship winning roster, and the arrival of very highly rated scoring machine Charde Houston and very fast PG Ketia Swanier, Heart of a Husky Mel Thomas, and Juco transfer Rashidat Sadiq. The team was only replacing two starters, one iconic and one a very smart if athletically challenged guard. And the team would have been working on a sixth NC in a row if not for those injuries in 2001, as it was we owned the NC trophy with 4 in 5 years. If any of this sounds familiar .... Just please let us not put too many expectations on a young team next year. Ann and Barb were great players and each won two NCs at Uconn, but they are tainted in many peoples memory because of the mountains they didn't climb, instead of the glorious ones they did. They brought to Uconn as much team glory as Maya, and Stef, and Bria, Sue, and Swin, and Asjha, more than Shea, and Sveta, and Renee, and Rebecca, and Jen, and Kara. Without them we have a two way debate between Stewart and Moore. Lou and Napheesa and Gabby and Kia and all the rest of the returning team are great, and Dangerfield, Bent, and Irwin are exciting additions to the family. Next year is going to be wonderful, but it is a daunting task ahead of them all, and we in our homes who are not called upon to shed a drop of sweat should not add the burden of unreal expectations to our enjoyment of really remarkable players. [/QUOTE]

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