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Message: [QUOTE="Tonyc, post: 4797835, member: 73"] Again Cferr a great analysis. Its hard to take Azzi's injury in because of what shes been through already. Its hard being a UConn fan because of all we've been through with so many injuries the past few years but we will make the adjustments and more forward again. I feel Caroline is the answer. We need her 3 pt shooting, her experience and leadership now. Many fans have mentioned Geno needs to go deeper into his bench. Well our bench just got longer. I dont see a short lineup of 5-6 players. Geno will go with the hot hand and give rest to Paige Caroline and Griff because he has to to avoid anymore injuries. I am so sad for Azzi and her family. A lifetime of work and dedication to get to this. Understand this is temporary and a bump in the road which is just another hurdle for her to get over. Much like Iowa and Clark, UConn is now more dependent on Paige and her minutes played need to be monitored. She too is coming back from injury. I believe Paige has a better supporting cast then Iowa has for Clark which makes me think UConn will still be very competitive. Remember Azzi has been sitting out for a while now and our newbies have gained experience and now with the meat of our season they will need to step up and I believe they will. They will because of who they are and what theyre made of. I also have to wonder if the team knew of Azzi's injury before the Minn game. So we move forward. We have all talked about our great freshman class and their potential. Well now we need patience as they grow into our team perhaps a little faster then we thought. I am confident we will get the job done and mature over the next few weeks. We still have Geno and he can turn things around quickly as he did with our defense the past couple of games. We win these next few games and everything changes for UConn. We've done it before and we can do it again. [/QUOTE]

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