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Message: [QUOTE="DefenseBB, post: 2523022, member: 7492"] UConn in 2016-17. With the injuries to Turner, Johnson, Thompson and Vaughn leaves them 7 scholarship players. They had a bad game against a pumped up Louisville (ok, a really bad game), and the ND fans have been complaining a bit on the “rubbing in” they felt occurred. I have noted I disagree with that assessment and it got me thinking about who ND has “left” in their lineup and when I was going through this, I thought of the eerily similar traits we had last year: The 7 players left for ND: #21 Westbeld- savvy Senior player with lots of experience (more so than #75 Soniya) #10 Ogunwabole highly rated floor leader like #33 Nurse and a pre season AA consideration #24 Mabry- noted outside shooter who needs to show more versatility in her game:#1 KLS #11 Young- athletic like #14 Gabby, a year younger as Sophomore vs. Junior but heigher HG rating #3 Shepard- at 6’4” no direct correlation to last years team but as a high rated post player-Pheese #30 Patterson -freshman forward with no direct match. But with upside like #3 Dangerfield #39 Nelson- savvy veteran post like Butler (not rated in top 100 but 53rd at her position-I put #100) Now it is not a perfect match, but ND actually had higher ratings on HG than us. We had two top 5 with Crystal Dangerfield and KLS so I know that needs to be weighted. However the 7 total scores are 138 to 232. Again I would phrase this as “a poor man’s” UConn lineup but still A LOT OF TALENT. I know Muffet can coach and she can and will get this team to perform. The concerns are UConn, MSU, Baylor and Louisville. All others are certainly on the lesser talent level than ND. Tenn is probably the notable exception with their handicap being CHW. It should be interesting this week at South Bend. I just wish this ND team was better conditioned to handle 33 minutes each. Don’t give me guff about the lack of a point guard as both UConn last year and ND now have good passers and 2 very good on-ball leaders (Nurse/Soniya & Ogunbawale/Young). They are thin at guard like we were. All said, Geno managed and so too can Muffet. So no, ND no one will feel sorry for you. Just suck it up and play like you can! [/QUOTE]

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