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Message: [QUOTE="oldhusky, post: 4768429, member: 9844"] Yea I thought the Egyptian guards were actually terrible at getting Jana the ball in an advantageous position. She was the number 1 option by a mile just because of the talent difference, but her teammates didn't make it easier for her. Getting Jana the ball often meant she had to come outside to take it, and then show her ballhandling skills taking it to the basket. The transition to Uconn's offense could be pretty easy for Jana. Instead of incompetent guards that don't know how to run an offense, you have not one but two great passers in Nika and Paige, three great perimeter shooters to spread the floor with Paige, Azzi, and Caroline, and another inside scoring threat in Aaliyah to draw attention away from her. Yes the opponents will be much much better, but she will have way more room to operate inside, and players who know how to get her the ball there. Her Egyptian teammates really didn't help her dominate her team's scoring, she had to do most of it on her own, largely because the rest of the team didn't really have anybody else to score. The goal may have been to get Jana the ball where she needed it, but that roster didn't have the ability to pull that off IMO. I don't know who would have been better this year if both were healthy, Ice or Jana? I considered their prospects to be roughly equal, figuring if Jana was a US player she would have been ranked at roughly Ice or Ayanna's level. [/QUOTE]