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Message: [QUOTE="Bone Dog, post: 5242344, member: 12088"] I was just looking at the minutes distribution from the OU game, and a few things stand out. [LIST] [*][B]Sarah Azzi and Paige [/B]play a lot, of course. 35+ mins for Azzi and Paige, 30 for Sarah. [*][B]Jana and Ice [/B]played 12 mins each, for a combined 24. I hope to see this against USC as well. Geno needs them to play this much to protect Sarah from foul trouble. [*][B]The littles:[/B] Ash played 28 mins, Kaitlyn played 27, KK played 19. And this was against a team with big guards. Ash's growing importance in the post-season is easy to see, and Geno has commented on this. [/LIST] [B]This group of 8 is Geno's rotation now.[/B] This is the group he thinks has the best shot to carry Paige to an NC. Maybe Aubrey can make a contribution, too. But this is the unit he's been building all season along with Paige's help. There are no illusions about this group. We've all seen what they can do and it has been more than enough to get them this far. Also, I suspect [B]more performances like the one against OU will be needed from Paige.[/B] She has to do the heavy lifting from now on, and I think she knows it. Azzi and Sarah can carry some of the burden, but in the end this is Paige's team to lead. She's better rested than last season. Let's hope it's enough... [B]for all our sakes.[/B] [/QUOTE]