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Message: [QUOTE="hoophuskee, post: 3551586, member: 3535"] Where did they come from this past year other than Liv? The 2nd leading rebounder was Walker. There is no way the combination of Evina, Anna, and Paige can't at least equate last year Meg Walker, Anna, and Dangerfield? Secondly, with a lineup like this you're going to try to play fast pace in which you force the opposing bigs other than Liv's defender to defend on the perimeter along with the smaller lineup may press a lot more thus getting more steals. You don't have to win the rebounds in order to beat the elite teams if you could either shoot terrific or get a lot of steals or highly disrupt the offense by aggressively defending the guards that get the ball to the bigs in good positions. Or ofc force the team to play small then you might even win the rebounds game. But the 1st priority of hoop is to score more points than the other team. Not get more rebounds. How many teams are out there that have such quality bigs that they could pound and beat a terrific small lineup? Last year there were 3 or maybe 4. This past year UCONN had: 1st team A/A Meg Walker Honorable Mention Dangerfield Honorable Mention Olivia Honorable Mention CWilliams This upcoming year they have 4 players that could equate that while getting better results from players 5-7/8. . Maybe no 1st team but possibly two AL-Americans etc that balances out not having a 1st teamer. . [/QUOTE]