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[QUOTE="JoePgh, post: 2314217, member: 1131"]
I agree with those who say that the [B][I]combination[/I][/B] of lack of size and lack of depth was a bigger problem last year than either one of those limitations were individually.  And it provides a useful point of comparison with this year.

Now that Azura is available (but unfortunately Natalie has departed), UConn has a more skilled truly big player than it had last year, but still it only has one such player.  So the "lack of size" problem is still with us in comparison to other teams like South Carolina, Mississippi State, Texas, and Baylor.

But what should be gone is "lack of depth".  Now in the 6-0 to 6-2 height range we have not just Napheesa but also Batouly Camara and Megan Walker, and hopefully a much-improved Kyla Irwin.  And we have some basis to hope that KLS can play in the manner suggested by her height, at least on defense.  Napheesa getting in foul trouble should not be a game-changing occurrence as it was last year.

I don't think that the Mississippi State game would have been a loss if we had had the kind of depth in the front court last year that we will have this year.
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