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Message: [QUOTE="hoophuskee, post: 4266968, member: 3535"] I was speaking in terms of a philosophy overall. As you say there are bench players that see as many minutes but not bench players getting as many minutes as your healthy superstars. When a team goes 6-7 deep sure that 6th player is getting near the 5th players minutes etc. The thing is- UCONN's strength is their "superstar guards." For example Jada Boyd for NC State in regulation was -4 (minus 4) in plus-minus. Whose to say it was the coach that should’ve played his starters more? In other words, my fear is different than yours. I fear not playing “Paige Bueckers” as much as you can can negatively impact the team/ be the difference. This is why I am 100% on board with Geno and have been for many years other than an issue here or there. This philosophy of playing your superstars as much as you can imo is superior than playing a deep bench. Superstars are the ones that win you the big games. The Bench contributes and I have never seen only 5 players win. But superstars overall “win it.” Though I will reiterate you can’t win titles without some bench contribution. In this latest as an example, UCONN challenged NC State to stop their superstar without fear that their superstar would wear down. My money is always going to be on the superstar vs the bench player. Ofc sometimes the superstar will fall short. But not forcing the opposing team to stop your superstar is imo either over-coaching or coaching in fear. Neither is any good imo. [/QUOTE]

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