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Ah shucks, this is going to be some really challenging year, etc, etc, etc..... But also:
“The fascination is always about who's next, almost overlooking who's here, who's doing what right now,” Auriemma said. “That's why my focus is always on our seniors and upperclassmen, and how our upperclassmen have to be great, how they have to lead and take on another role than the one they used to have. I don't worry about the young guys. I know they're going to be good. But if we go into any season saying, ‘We need this freshman and this sophomore to be amazing for us to have a good year,' then we're going to lose. … Our season is going to rise and fall with these three players staying healthy and these three players having phenomenal years. If these three players have a phenomenal season then we have a chance to be really, really good.”
The "really, really" thing is a tell for Geno, right?
Mike Anthony: Napheesa Collier, Katie Lou Samuelson And Crystal Dangerfield Are UConn's Core Of Answers
“The fascination is always about who's next, almost overlooking who's here, who's doing what right now,” Auriemma said. “That's why my focus is always on our seniors and upperclassmen, and how our upperclassmen have to be great, how they have to lead and take on another role than the one they used to have. I don't worry about the young guys. I know they're going to be good. But if we go into any season saying, ‘We need this freshman and this sophomore to be amazing for us to have a good year,' then we're going to lose. … Our season is going to rise and fall with these three players staying healthy and these three players having phenomenal years. If these three players have a phenomenal season then we have a chance to be really, really good.”
The "really, really" thing is a tell for Geno, right?
Mike Anthony: Napheesa Collier, Katie Lou Samuelson And Crystal Dangerfield Are UConn's Core Of Answers