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Message: [QUOTE="bballnut90, post: 2923740, member: 2117"] I do enjoy "what ifs" like this. Duke would've been loaded in 2009-2011 when UCONN really didn't have a peer. In 2009, the likely starting 5 is: C-Chante Black F-Nneka Ogwumike F-Joy Cheek G-Jasmine Thomas G-Abby Waner with Krystal Thomas, Karima Christmas and Carrem Gay coming off the bench. A couple of things to note: 1. Abby Waner performed much better under GG than JPM. She went from being an AA candidate as a sophomore to a 32% shooter under P. She seemed on track to be Duke's next star one Bales/Harding graduated, and likely does become Duke's go to player under GG. As a senior, she could've been a POY candidate, or at the very least, an All-ACC performer. 2. Jasmine Thomas and Krystal Thomas were very good defenders in college, but both were very mediocre offensively. GG likely gets (a lot) more out of both of those players than P was able to. GG also recruited (and landed) both players...P walked in with both as incoming freshmen. Fast forward to 2010 and your roster could be: C-Krystal Thomas, Jr F-Nneka Ogwumike, So F-Karima Christmas, Jr G-Jas Thomas, Jr G-Skylar Diggins, Fr Bench: Joy Cheek Bridgette Mitchell Keturah Jackson The roster without Nneka and Skylar still nearly made the Final Four. They shot 23% from the floor against Baylor in the Elite 8 and still almost won the game (had an 8 point lead late before losing it). Not sure they squad could beat UCONN with Charles/Moore, but I think they would've been in the title game opposite UCONN and it would've been a good battle. Fast forward again to 2010-11 and this is where you have a title team. Keep in mind, all of these players are being developed by GG instead of P: C-Krystal Thomas, Sr F-Nneka Ogwumike, Jr F-Karima Christmas, Sr G- Jasmine Thomas, Sr G-Skylar Diggins, So Plus anyone GG recruits from 2008, 2009, and 2010 aside from Diggins/Nneka. [/QUOTE]

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