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Message: [QUOTE="oldude, post: 5146930, member: 7511"] Of UConn’s 11 championships, 7 might be considered as won with a true AA post player as follows: Rebecca/Kara (1), Tina (2), Stewie/Steph (2), Stewie (2). The remaining 4 were won with a combination of outstanding guards/wings and decent posts/forwards. While UConn continues to bring in outstanding guards/wings/small forwards, I have been concerned at the number of true Bigs that UConn has come down to the wire on, only to lose out including: Wilson, Cox, Boston, Collier (TX) Brink and Cardoso. It is interesting to note that the difference between the AA Bigs UConn got vs the ones that got away is that UConn’s Bigs all were recruited from neighboring states, either MA or NY. All the Bigs UConn lost stayed closer to home with the exception of Boston, who is something of a prodigal center: born in the USVI, played HSbb at a MA prep school and ended up at SC. IMO, the key loss was Wilson who reportedly really wanted UConn, but in the end decided to stay at home. If UConn gets Wilson, we probably also get Boston and perhaps some other players as well; and today we would all be looking at 14-15+ championships and counting. [/QUOTE]