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Message: [QUOTE="Tonyc, post: 4200869, member: 73"] Well we've come along way since Paige went down. We have learned to play without having to depend on her, but instead depend on ourselves. It was nice to have Caroline step up and be our go to player when we needed her. Then she went down and Azzi showed up. Its nice to have Azzi there when we need her. We've grown alot over the past few months with so many players out of the lineup and then back in the lineup. When we see how good we are without Paige Caroline and Liv, now we can only dream and imagine how much better we will be when they get back. With that said its gonna take time again to rebuild our team chemistry and continuity. However this time we will build it with players who have already been there. An ole friend of mine CFerraro posted a few times this season that UConn could score over 100 pts a game. When you look at the improvement of the players on the floor the past few games especially Dorka and Azzi and everybody else playing as a team and think we have 45-50 pts sitting on the bench you can see what the future could be with a healthy Paige Caroline and Liv. You know what? We may not have alot of rebounds when they come back because there may not be alot of missed shots. We can also dream about scoring in bunches in a short amount of time. We will be able to out talent alot of teams when we get healthy. We will still need our defense to step up and our offense will be so good that it will be almost silly with what they can do. You saw in our wins the past few games what we can do with 3 key players on the bench. Just think about what we will do to teams when they get back. I have confidence in Geno sitting them. Its given everybody else a chance to get playtime and be developed and they have. These next 5 days off will help alot to get Paige Caroline and Liv ready and rebuild the chemistry and continuity we need to play as a team going into the tournament. The best part is no matter who starts we are a deep experienced and for the most part a young team. These injuries may have been tuff but they have given everybody else a chance only making the team better and making the team better for it. We will have balance and depth at every position. All of a sudden we have a much improved Dorka to play with Liv and a improved Edwards working on getting better. Thats 3 bigs who can play together and sub for each other. We have experience in Christyn and Evina and we have 3 of the best shooters and scorers in WCBB working their way back. We are going to be a very tuff out. My expectations are we are going to be shooting 50% or better from the floor and outside the line. Its gonna open up the entire floor. There are a lot of teams out there with really good defenses but I cant see them defending what we're gonna bring. IF this holds true and we come back healthy, this might be Geno's finest year ever. To go through what he has gone through and to go to the NC and win it....well there's not much more you can say. He will be the Coach of the Year and this season will go down in the record books as one of the all time greatest teams, greatest comeback seasons and greatest coaching jobs ever in the history of the game. So as the games and weeks pass, we are getting better and our injured players will be slowly returning. We will be a team that will be on their way back, rebuilt and much better and when that happens....Lookout for Tomorrow. [/QUOTE]

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