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Message: [QUOTE="PhillyCoach, post: 2016485, member: 6136"] Bent and Irwin-- I, like some others, forget that Geno recruits with specific purposes--- as a foundation - team players, hard workers, willing to sacrifice, nice people, & smart players. Bent and Irwin have all those qualities---as does every UConn recruit. Geno has stated he needs to have 2 elite players every year to stay at the top. Well that leaves one or two who are role players. What role can they play? Geno has a general idea of "what they can do well." However, no one knows, not even Geno, if the players will develop enough to be the 6th, 7th or 8th player off the bench. We all know that in crunch time Geno rarely, if ever, goes past 7-8 deep. Butler has made it. Of course, Crystal is in that group. That's seven. If Crystal is healthy Bent will get little time. I don't think Irwin will develop enough to get there this year either. Nevertheless, IMHO, I see Bent and Irwin with a solid chance of being valuable bench players if they develop one or two assets (think Stokes.) Bent is a solid defender, decent passer, and is smart. Irwin can be sneaky good. She can shoot outside and score some inside. She is a good high post passer. Whether they do or whether they don't -- Geno recruited these two players for their personalities and that will hold them in good stead if they become deep bench players because the TEAM is the most important thing and they will do whatever is necessary to help the team win. Look at T. Law. [/QUOTE]

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