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Message: [QUOTE="oldhusky, post: 4031229, member: 9844"] Basically we had just one elite three point shooter last year in Paige and three OK ones in Christyn, Evina and Nika. By Uconn standards, I think that was pretty weak. This year we add two in the elite category and now have three of each. Unlike last year we could have 2 or even 3 great shooters in the game at the same time. Seeing both sides of this debate, I think a second great three point shooter in the lineup makes a big difference, a third one (with Ducharme) is nice but doesn't have as much impact as the second, particularly if the third guard/wing is "OK" from there. Ducharme may get specialist minutes for her three point shooting, but to get regular rotation minutes against good teams her overall game would need to approach the level of Evina, Christyn, Azzi or Nika. She does have a mild advantage regarding her size and length, being perhaps a more natural 3 than the others, but granted there are 5 very capable players to handle positions 1-3 without even considering Ducharme, so she has to show she is a very good player overall, not just a great shooter to make Geno consider the possibility of as much as a 10 player rotation. [/QUOTE]