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Message: [QUOTE="Tonyc, post: 4769568, member: 73"] We have a team that can score alot of points and alot more points then any team they will play. Therefore opponents defense will have to slow us down. On an off nite UConn will still shoot better then most teams they play. The concern about bigs over 6'5 is really about UConn being out rebounded and for someone like Cardoza who can block up the middle. Once someone like Cardoza gets in foul trouble and has to sit its UConn Time. If an opponents big gets in foul trouble who do they replace her with? Rosario is raw and Betts didnt play much last season for Stanford. Brink was the starter and got in foul trouble alot and Betts did not replace her often. Cardoso is also foul prone when playing alot of minutes. Im concerned about opponents bigs but not scared because I feel they will get in foul trouble. As far as Amari Im hoping she is healthy and effective and gets more minutes then she did last season. In HS Amari played on a team that did not play against top competition and she faced alot of much smaller opponents. This is one reason why its taken her time to develop. I expect Amari to be given minutes early on to see how she performs. If she performs and shows promise she will get more minutes. As far as concerns about opponents having bigs that can dominate UConn I dont see it for the reasons I mentioned. In every game UConn plays this season opponents will focus on Paige Azzi Aaliyah and Caroline. Thats a tall order. I dont think its about UConn not having someone over 6'5 as much as it is about keeping UConn from going off and blowing opponents out. A 6'6 Amari who is effective will carry UConn along way but BB is a team sport and IMO UConn is the best team in WCBB because they can score. Our games against Kanas and UCLA will open alot of eyes. [/QUOTE]

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