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Message: [QUOTE="JoePgh, post: 2444499, member: 1131"] "Had to play"??? UConn won the game by 31 points, after all. I think it would be more accurate to say that Geno [B]chose[/B] to play his starters for that length of time because he expected that they would have to play that much against Notre Dame, and because he wanted to see for himself how they would do under that level of fatigue. And the answer was that their play did deteriorate in the second half. Now, not only does he know that, but so do they. So that will have to be worked on, and it will be. Before long (though maybe not by the time of the ND game), KLS and Batouly will be available, and the depth problem will diminish markedly. So what we saw last night (and what we may see on Sunday) is a "stress test", which revealed that stress had some negative effects that are undeniable. I saw some uncharacteristic mistakes from the core players against Nevada, but I also saw some really good plays. And I saw Kia Nurse stepping up when the going was tough and hitting an amazing number of shots. She may not do that on Sunday, but probably someone else (Napheesa?) will be the hero of that game. I also saw Azura playing her position the way UConn needs her to play it, not flawlessly but well enough so that Muffitt is probably sweating about how to stop her. [/QUOTE]