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Message: [QUOTE="JoePgh, post: 3553766, member: 1131"] I think that if Molly had played on the Mel Thomas teams or the 2003 and 2004 teams on which Maria Conlon was a starter, she could possibly have beaten out those players and might potentially have been a starter for multiple seasons. She is certainly faster and quicker than either of those players, and could shoot the 3 about as well as they could. I think she would have played better defense than either of them. I also think that Molly's mental mistakes were attributable to the fact that she never played enough minutes to calm down on the court and have the game slow down for her. Mel also had this problem and overcame it after her freshman year, probably because of the copious minutes that she got. It's a good thing for UConn, but possibly a bad thing for Molly's college career, that since 2009, UConn has always had multiple fast and talented guards. I think Geno learned his lesson from the experience of having to rely on players like Mel and Maria for so many minutes. [/QUOTE]