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Message: [QUOTE="Papa33, post: 3118027, member: 682"] It simply echoes the same claim that the Huskies "biggest problem" was that Geno "refused" to use his bench more liberally, inserting them into games with the starters. For one thing, other top tier teams often used no more than six or seven players while their games were still in doubt. For another, this team's core three players did not easily integrate with the two new starters—Williams and Walker. That was still a work in progress right into the NCAA tournament, so even the starters needed maximum time to find their way as a unit, both on offense and defense. The drop-off in bench ability meant too great a sacrifice in quality of play at both ends of the court. Geno did use Mikayla for spots of defensive juice, and Ono got serious time with the starters when she proved her worth. Geno might have found more imaginative ways of using the bench more often, but the team's vulnerabilities were not caused simply because he stubbornly refused to use the bench more often. [/QUOTE]