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Message: [QUOTE="Bone Dog, post: 5347717, member: 12088"] I agree with all three of your points. That Sarah is a perimeter threat is the main thing that allowed her to matchup against Betts in the final four, as Geno himself mentioned in a sideline interview -- something to the effect that Sarah was as much a matchup problem for Lauren as the other way around, and we really saw the truth of it that day. And Blanca is a going to be great at both ends of the floor. But she strikes me as more like a big Aubrey (a slasher and indefatigable defender and rebounder) than like a big Azzi. If she develops a 3 point shot, it will be almost unfair to the rest of D1. And I heard the same note from Ash, that she wants to work on the inner part of her game, the pull-up and the lay-up. She is already a deadeye midrange shooter. But getting that shot off as a pull-up jumper is the trick. Give her an elbow screen and she can be money from there. And her fearlessness in the lane is how she'll get those layups. All this leads me to believe that come January or February. we may see a small lineup that looks like KK/K9 with Azzi Ash Blanca and Sarah. If Blanca gets the 3 to drop regularly and K9 does too, this will be a pretty fierce group. Edited to add: in today's presser, Blanca said she thinks her game is a lot like Sarah's. This may be wishful thinking, but if she's right we will be in for a treat. Also, in that same presser Geno said he expects the freshmen to contribute significantly, and he was including Blanca and K9 in that group along with Kelis. Gandy was the only one he didn't mention. [/QUOTE]

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