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Message: [QUOTE="hoophuskee, post: 5146519, member: 3535"] UCONN's recruiting has resulted in a supposed strength of mostly shooters but other than Paige, the other shooters are young. so, until Azzi is back at full strength and has had a bunch of games under her belt - we just have to "flip a coin," as to whether they will play great, good, average, etc. especially vs quality teams. UCONN is not going to win the battle in the paint very often at all vs high quality teams. They have to win by spreading the floor which means impose their will upon the other team. Which means the combo of Page/Azzi and Sarah have to control the game. If one of them doesn't play vs a high quality team, they will struggle. Not saying they will automatically lose but will struggle. So, it doesn't matter SoCar, ND or SoCal etc., if the Big 3 aren't healthy and also unable to play much time together, they are going to have difficulty spreading the floor, so more than likely the opposing team will be able to exploit UCONN's youth inside no matter how many minutes Geno gives them. We're just going to have to deal with inconsistent play until Azzi comes back and is in top form along with eventual Aubrey along with this being Sarah's 1st year. UCONN has the highest ceiling of any team but Azzi not playing this late hurts this team a lot. [/QUOTE]