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First off, it's awesome that you made that prediction. But what is your philosophy if how long before you throw players to the bench? For example, an entire half Azzi was 0-5 from the floor with just 2 points vs Iowa from last year. How many minutes before you decide to limit Azi?Truthfully, I am baffled at the patience Geno gives to some players, but not others. Azzi, Caroline, and Nika played some 82 minutes collectively and the totality of their scoring was all of 15 points. By contrast, Ice Brady playing in only her second game, misses a few shots and we don't see her again, Given the lack of efficiency of the above, I don't think Ice could have done worse.
As I previously mentioned, the only way that UConn would be successful would be for Paige, Azzi, and Caroline to shoot nearly 50 percent from the arc, in order to overcome the significant lack of interior defense and offensive boards that this line up will surrender. AE is not a rim protector, nor is she very efficient defensively...
So keep this in mind, you had a player in Azzi that won the game in NCAA's v UCF as a freshman, was the 3rd leading scorer in NCAA Tourney as a frosh for a team that went to the Finals, then as a soph early on for 6 games she was amongst the best players in country in which she matched or maybe even outplayed Clark, -- and you are proposing to have her sit vs a player that has played one college game and wasn't that good for the 1 game???
And you are justifying that by saying if UCONN perimeter shoots 50% from 3 it still wouldn't be enough? The 1st 20 possession if UCONN shot 10-20 from 3 that is 30 points. That is equivalent to 75%. There is no way no way we can say an opposing wcbb team would score 15 times out of 20 possessions as a rule just because they are “tall.” The opposing team aren't pros.
I respect the frustration, but when you say you're baffled, it's because you’re making an unrealistic/exaggerated assumption of height and size. I suppose that’s why you're mentioning Azzi as one of the players vs Edwards.