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Message: [QUOTE="oldhusky, post: 4591448, member: 9844"] I think we sometimes forget how rare it is for true C type players to play heavy minutes. There are many star C's that put up great per minute numbers, that play less than 30 minutes a game. I think that is for a couple of reasons. First they do tend to get in more foul trouble, and Dorka doesn't have that as a major issue. For a C her rate of fouls is actually quite low. The other is C size players of course are more rare in the general population, so finding size, talent and good endurance and is even less likely. Regardless Dorka was a high minute player before she came to Uconn and has been here as well, staying out of foul trouble and being well conditioned. Considering that Geno has often not wanted to use his bigs off the bench, this is a big factor. If the C this year was say Liv instead of Dorka the level of play might have been similar while they were in the game, but Liv would probably play only 26 minutes a game or so, and we would have had about 7 more minutes per game from Ayanna or Amari. From that standpoint Dorka's ability to play major minutes, and considerably more than many C's is often overlooked and an underrated factor. [/QUOTE]