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Message: [QUOTE="Bone Dog, post: 5108281, member: 12088"] When I saw this, the thought flashed before my mind: situational lineups. Geno has tended to settle on a rotation and develop it as he goes. But maybe this year, a bit more situational variation might serve to limit minutes overall. For example, against teams with a problem player, like Citron on ND… maybe this is a game for Morgan and Allie to get extra minutes and to be assigned to guard Sonia. A good challenge for them and they have the length and speed for it, and it would free up Paige and Kaitlyn and KK to focus on containing Hannah and Olivia. Or the USC game. Maybe Sarah gets more minutes in order to focus on Kiki. She has the size for it, and maybe forces Kiki to guard her on the perimeter thereby freeing up Jana or Ice to go one v one against whoever’s left in the paint. Sarah is going to get a lot of minutes sooner or later, but the USC game might be her coming out party. Juju is still Paige’s assignment, but it could be easier if Kiki is contained by Sarah. This may also be a game in which Kaitlyn shines against TVO. In effect, Geno might use the OOC schedule to give a few players big minutes, to set them a challenge and let them grow, while limiting everyone else’s minutes. [/QUOTE]