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Message: [QUOTE="Dokey, post: 3827964, member: 9636"] First, I have argued forever that playing one pastie after another will eventually catch up with UConn. Second, forget this ranking of high school players. Talent is exploding across the country and world faster than the ranking folks can keep up. That means there is nothing wrong with Geno coaching. Parity just caught up with him. So what are the problems with UConn that it’s fans refuse to recognize? Let’s start with ONO, a talented but not top player, who Boneyarders continue to push as an AA candidate. She has never matched up well against a quality opponent. Some in the wbb world have laughed at my suggestion that Mya Hollingshed of Colorado is a legit AA candidate. Playing in the toughest conference, she leads the PAC-12 in double doubles. I would take her, two inches shorter, over ONO in a heartbeat. Then there’s CW, a player I think has immense talent but is as inconsistent as hell. She needs to play within a traditional Geno ball movement offense. More than any other player she suffers when Anna isn’t on the floor. As for Evina, she is an excellent player but not one that carry a team without strong support (Anna again, though not exclusively). Aubrey, finally, is a wild colt capable of disrupting the opposition almost as much as she disrupts her own team. As for the freshmen, Paige is in a class all her own who will set unbelievable career records. Edwards can be a dominant force in the inside but right now she plays more like an elephant than a leopard. Nika shows evidence of becoming a solid player, not a superstar, but I hedge my bet. The rest of the freshman remain question marks. What are UConn’s other weaknesses? They simply cannot defend a really good shooter. Top shooters pick them apart. But the chief problem is you can’t rely on recruiting class rankings. It is easy to identify a Paige but one player does not a team make. The most dominant team last year—sorry SC—was Oregon, loaded at nearly every position, kinda reminding us of previous UConn teams from the undefeated years. The times, they are a-changing. [/QUOTE]

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