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Message: [QUOTE="BBallF, post: 5309631, member: 10435"] For me, last year is going to be pretty tough to top. The coaching was extraordinary. We won the two games in the Final Four by a combined 57 points. There were moments of sheer beauty out there and "small ball" was a runaway freight train. However, the anticipation for this year is positively electric already and as you point out, the challenge for Geno is truly unique. If you think about the last 8 years preceding #12, it was usually no size and very little depth. Now it's great size and great depth. What does that mean for player development? Does Jana become the player she was last year by the time of the first SC game if her playing time was halved, or quartered? Will the depth mean less PT for Ayanna who has missed so much time? Will the newcomers have a chance to grow? One truism in basketball is that you get better as a player in practice, not games. However, you do improve what you do in games by playing in them. I just hope with the numbers we have, that the players who need to make mistakes to grow get that chance. Due to the competition for playing time and the sheer numbers, the practices will probably be the most intense ever. For our non-starters, the opposing players in practice will likely be better and stronger than any they face in games all year. So what does it all mean? A very different kind of a team for us with different issues but also with seemingly limitless potential to become an historic women's college basketball team the likes of which we perhaps have never seen. Time will tell. [/QUOTE]

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