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Message: [QUOTE="hoophuskee, post: 4769479, member: 3535"] Edwards and Ice can guard Betts. How many points has Betts averaged last year? Now all of a sudden this year she is Wilt Chamberlain? As for Cardoso, similar thing. You are more afraid of non-all-American players rather than the other team fearing our NPOY and our All-American in Edwards? In regard to Cardoso, explain again how their Twin Towers helped them take down the much smaller Iowa? And does Iowa of last year have the talent UConn has this year if healthy? Nope. And let's go over again which of the UCONN player's in the Iowa vs UCONN game at least matched Clark? It was Fudd,. So UCONN has two Cailin Clark types in which all it took was one to beat a huge and talented S.C. Team in which UCONN beat that same Iowa team with no Paige, Ice, Griffin, Jorka, and a banged up Ducharme. So that Iowa team could knock off SC but this current UCONN team should be scared to death of SC? Respect- yes. Paranoia of height only matters – nope. In regard to rotation, there's a reason why UCONN has Edwards and Ice. That's two player's. At one time or another one or the other will guard the opposing center. That's why you have two players. That's why that’s called a rotation. One of them can also play part-time PF along with Griffin, and last year Ayanna Patterson was sufficient vs Iowa, Duke, NC State and Texas. Now she will be healthier. So let's not assume this year she forgot how to play. And as far as "gifts," go, this isn't Elementary school where player’s get a hug and trophy for participation. You don't just play your worst player's because you hope and wish they can perform. You play the players that you have confidence that they will perform. While you speak of the bottom of the bench player having gifts imo we also have to remember that bottom of the bench player was probably promised nothing in regard to minutes. So please let’s stop with the everyone has gifts. Paige for example also has gifts. Is it fair to her that she gets pulled for a 2 minute stretch because UCONN wants to reward participation rather than performance, and during that stretch UCONN's differential of leaving Paige out cost them the 1/2 point game? How is that fair to Paige and all of the teammates that came to UCONN with title aspiration. I'm sorry but io that's not what they signed up for. [/QUOTE]

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