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Message: [QUOTE="Palatine, post: 5121918, member: 974"] Virtually every player on UConn was a star in high school. Sam Johnson's high school video is insanely good. That's also true for many of our opponents. I assume Nowell was a elite high school player. He won championships in Philly. He has a great pedigree. I have watched Nowell play at UConn. My eyes tell me that he has a lot to learn. That he would be outclassed at this point in his career as a starting PG for UConn. Many on this web site said that we we didn't have a point guard when Newton was here. Mahaney averaged less than 3 assists per game in his two years at St Mary's. So AM is more combo guard than point guard. So is Ball. But neither is being ask to be a pure PG in Hurley's system. But that doesn't mean one or both can't develop serious skills. The season will play out how it plays out. For right now. November 20th. Hurley is getting minutes for Nowell. That may become harder as the competition steps up. Nowell may step up as well. That happens. But there is a reason that Hurley is starting Mahaney. He obviously believes that Mahaney brings a lot to the party, enough to start. And judging by the way Mahaney is being used, Hurley thinks that he can handle, at least, some of the point guard duties. [/QUOTE]