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Message: [QUOTE="Bone Dog, post: 4319472, member: 12088"] [USER=5823]@CocoHusky[/USER], I share your concerns. But I am an inveterate optimist. I also suspect Lou will not be able to put up the same numbers at UConn as she did in the MAAC. And I’m equally concerned about Paige’s shooting last season. In the Arkansas game, she was reluctant to shoot in the first quarter and UConn looked ragged. Geno must have said something special in the break because she scored 30 in the next three quarters, mainly those deadly spot-up jumpers from midrange. In effect she took the team on her shoulders, again. This is what she did in the OTs against NC St. I remember thinking the team had fallen into the same old habit of watching Paige do it all and figured they’d lose to Stanford in the FF. But they didn’t, and they played tough D and disrupted Stanford’s shooting just enough to steal a win. Sadly, this was not going to suffice against SC. As great as Paige can be from 3, I suspect her midrange game is actually more devastating to opponents. I expect to see more of it next season. We clearly need a balanced effort from everyone next season. Paige, as tremendous as she can be, will not be enough. Right now, all we can do is imagine the best the rest of the team can do, and tremble at the worst that might happen. For now, I don’t mind imagining the best. I got enough of the worst last season. [/QUOTE]