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Message: [QUOTE="lateralous, post: 5172552, member: 5656"] It's pretty clear that this is a transition year. AK, Diarra and SJ are all very good college players and will help pass on the UConn culture while anchoring a pretty good basketball team in the meantime but they aren't exactly the centerpieces of a top 5 contender on their own Agreed. Also, I think this team can still hit another level if and when it gets healthy and we shorten the rotation. Since I believe this is a transition year, I'm all for continuing the 10-11 man rotation through about mid February. If there could be any complaint about last season it's that the sophomore class basically came into this year as Freshman with how little experience they got, so I don't think we want to do that again. I imagine that at some point this will slim down to an 8 man rotation with Reed Jr, Stewart and Mahaney being the three off the bench. I mean we get absolutely nothing from Ross in the minutes he's on the court and Nowell will be good but those minutes can also be better utilized. Its pretty clear McNeeley is the best player on the team and when we get him back it allows AK to slide back into a more appropriate roll for his skill set so we'll kill two birds there. I'm excited to see how this team develops over the next month and a half. I still think they can make the second weekend in March if a few things come together. [/QUOTE]