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Message: [QUOTE="Tonyc, post: 4558910, member: 73"] This is Not the same UConn team that lost 5 games this season. You can pretty much throw out everything over the past couple of months when Azzi and Caroline were sitting and unavailable. UConn was runnin on fumes and now UConn is runnin on High Octane. UConn is finally healthy and that is very scary. Everything has changed for UConn and will only get better and here's why. UConn will be playing in CT for the next two weeks giving them time to rest, practice, and play together. This gives them the time to regroup and they will. Azzi and Caroline are back. Just their presence on the floor opens up the defense giving Lou Aaliyah Griff Dorka and everyone else a chance to go one on one. Azzi and Caroline give UConn the scorers/shooters they were missing plus they can create their own shot without hesitation and they can handle the ball. Therefore TO's should be down . Having Azzi and Caroline coming off the bench is alot more then just instant offense. Ive read comments about pollsters having UConn ranked 9. Well thats their opinion and they are entitled to it. Dropping UConn 4 positions in the polls after losing to STJ which is and unranked team seemed like alot. That was pre Azzi. Now think about this. Will Stanford Indiana LSU and some of the other teams who have lost in the past 2 days be dropped the same 4 spots????? Lets keep and eye on what happens to them and see how they are treated in the polls. This UConn team is Not a team you can rank below 3 in the polls and thats my opinion and Im entitled to it. Any team bringing Azzi and Caroline in off the bench is nothing lower then a 1 seed in the NCAAs. After yesterdays upsets and UConns overwhelming win I think UConn IMO should be ranked as a 1 seed. With that said will will have to continue to play like we did yesterday to convince the pollsters we are for real...again. I am confident Azzi and Caroline will get better as they see more playtime and we may see some of that today. I am also confident that UConn will overwhelm their opponents the next 2 games. What is exciting is the anticipation of waiting to see Caroline Azzi and Lou go off. When they get a hot hand, well you can dream about that. What we saw yesterday was the UConn team we saw earlier this year. The team we knew they were before they all went down. Yeah Caroline and Azzi arent where they were but just their presence on the court made it possible for UConn to dominate GTown. Thats what makes UConn so scary. If you disagree with me take a look at some of yesterdays games. How bout ND missing Mabrey and Miles. Look what happened to ND. Now look at what UConn has done without Azzi Caroline and lets not mention Paige and ICE and everybody else who was hurt. Look at some of the other teams who lost. They for the most part had their full lineups. UConn won 26 games without their entire lineup. All UConn needs to do is stay healthy and out of foul trouble. We cant afford not to. All the top teams who have lost over the past 2 days may have been tired, may have had injuries and that makes them just like UConn was all season until yesterday. What UConn has now is the ability to operate their offense and defense with a full roster. UConn now has just to many weapons and those weapons can create their own shot at a very high percentage. We saw yesterday what The Azzi and Caroline Effect did for UConn when they were on the floor and they arent even up to speed yet. The way Geno has managed this team this season is nothing short of magnificent. When you think about it he has everybody back just in time for March. If you dont think that was planned think again. If you dont think Genos remarks over the past week or so were planned think again. Geno knows exactly what he is doing. Get ready WCBB UConn is back [/QUOTE]

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