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Message: [QUOTE="Carnac, post: 4210722, member: 5798"] She should have already figured that out. Remember what the Wizard of Westwood, John Wooden use to say: "[I]The bench is an excellent teacher[/I]." She's being coached and mentored everyday by her position coach. She knows. ONO is gone after this year. Amari will be in demand next year, and hopefully will be in the right frame of mind and body to fill that role. ONO started as a freshman if you remember, out of necessity. Geno had no options. in the [URL='https://uconnhuskies.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/2018-19']2018-2019 season[/URL]. The next tallest players on the team then were 6'2" junior Kyla Irwin and 6'3" senior Katie Lou Samuelsson, neither of whom were post players. Geno HAD to play ONO. If you remember ONO committed in the 11th of her senior year in HS hour AFTER Charlie Collier reneged on her oral commitment to UConn, and decided to go to Texas. Thank goodness for ONO. UConn would have been in dire straights if ONO had decided to go else where. Things would work out perfectly IF DeBerry is able to play the 5 next year, but this time Geno does have other options if DeBerry can't answer that call. He's got [B]Juhasz[/B] (if she returns), Incoming freshman[B] Ayanna Patterson[/B] (I know that's a reach, but she is an option). She's listed at 6'2. , but she's super athletic. Don't forget, Aneesah Morrow (DePaul) is only 6-1, and she's doing ok. She's got a string of 20 double-doubles going, and is leading the nation in rebounding. Then there's[B] Piath Gabriel[/B]. Right now she doesn't appear to be ready, but neither was ONO when Geno threw her in the mix. She learned as she went along. Last but not least you've got incoming freshman [B]Ice Brady[/B] listed at 6-4. Regardless of her state of readiness, she is an option. DeBerry may not be a good practice player, but at least she's been in the system long enough to have an idea of what she's suppose to do. Perhaps she will made a sophomore leap great enough to pass muster and start. Geno has options THIS year. That's one reason why she's not playing. He has the luxury of allowing her to sit for a year and learn the system. There's also the possibility that Geno is able to pick up a post player from the portal. I know it's a "distant" possibility, but there's a chance. If one wants to come here like Juhasz did for the right reasons, Geno may well consider taking her. I don't have a preference. I'm NOT advocating for one player over another. I'll take what comes. I'm a fan, not a coach. That's Geno's job. [B]In Geno I trust.[/B] When UConn plays their first exhibition game in November 9 months from now, he's going to put his best 5 players on the floor. Whether Amari is one of them remains to be seen. [/QUOTE]

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