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Message: [QUOTE="Surly1, post: 4155029, member: 11599"] It’s great to project into the future and expect nothing but good fortune. Unfortunately, a dose of reality is needed. Right now, the UConn’s women’s team is a team in limbo. I’ve tempered my expectations for this season. I hope to be proven wrong, but too many variables need to happen simultaneously for a propitious ending. Success in the tournament hinges on the availability of having Paige back and in top form. Anyone who has played sports and attempted to come back after surgery knows there are phases to recovery. There’s returning to shape and there’s getting back to pre-injury BB shape. It takes time for an athlete to trust their body again after surgery. How long that takes is unknown. This team w/o Paige is offensively challenged. Like Reggie Jackson once declared, ‘She is the straw that stirs the drink.’ Without her presence, UConn is a second tier team in the hunt for the NC. With a fully functioning Paige, UConn, while not the overall favorite, is a Final Four team. However, I think it unfair to expect that she can immediately return to the form we’ve grown accustomed to. Again, I hope I am wrong. Getting Azzi back would help, How much is still to be determined. There is no track record for Ducharme, Fudd and Juhasz on how they impact UConn’s fortunes. This is not intended to impugn their skills, but simply to state that UConn is moving forward with so many question marks. The injuries, cancelled games, lack of practice time have disrupted chemistry and any cohesion that might have formed. [/QUOTE]

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