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Message: [QUOTE="TheObvious, post: 4460049, member: 11722"] Some of you will take my assessment as negative. I think of it as realistic. Assumption: When we're told a player will be out 3-5 games or 3-5 weeks take the higher number. The lower number is a hope. When we take the floor against MD Sunday we're already missing 50+ points, sans Paige and Azzi. Add in Dorka another 10 and rebounding. Lou is playing with a foot injury and Caroline isn't scoring. That leaves Griffin, who was fantastic last night but scored 0 against Notre Dame, and a reliable Edwards. Add to that we may be without our quarterback Muhl. What I'm getting at, despite a solid defense, we don't have the offense to score 70-80 points it takes to beat quality teams, Games are won by talent and solid play, not by miracles. (Actually last night came close to qualifying as a miracle when you consider we committed 27 turnovers, 14 in the last quarter, and still won.That means Princeton had 27 extra possessions to score, and we were deprived of 27 chances!) Conclusion: Between now and the end of December we play 5 good teams; MD, Florida State, Seton Hall, Creighton and Marquette. As good as our coaching staff and support players are, don't be surprised if we go 2-3 in those games. P.S. Did you notice Geno's decision to substitute Patterson in the last seconds to guard against the Princeton throw-in under their own basket? Jumping up and down Ayanna caused an errant throw that turned into a Uconn possession. Genius at work. [/QUOTE]

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