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Message: [QUOTE="hoophuskee, post: 4528115, member: 3535"] +1. If someone doesn't like Geno’s substitution patterns and/or you think Nika is a bit overrated/ (i.e Ines being overrated on here), then the view of Nika’s minutes would be tainted to suggest she wouldn't play much. . The fact is, after Paige got hurt vs Tenn, the next game Nika started and played 36 minutes vs GTown. The next game they play Ark, and she played the 4th most minutes (more than 4 other players). If it was all about injuries then she would have gone immediately to the bench when Paige came back and she wouldn't have been 4th in minutes either. The next game she was 6th in minutes- more than Edwards. And after that she became the regular starter. Where's this stuff about "injury?" As for this year’s team - anyone that thinks that Nika wouldn't have gotten minutes imo is way off base. UCONN would have had one of their greatest teams of all-time. We see what Azzi was doing, and what Paige has done (their level of play was off-the-charts great). What Caroline is capable of. Of course Geno would have played small ball more too. Those that speak of Geno’s history of minutes surely know he has no qualms playing small ball. And this team would have been destroying so many other teams so early, do we understand how many teams would have been wiped out by halftime and many earlier? Imagine the other teams that had UCONN on their schedule with 5/6 games in 12 days????[I] It would be like the old days whne you used to sympthize with the opposition. [/I] How anyone can think that with the firepower UCONN would have had on top of UCONN playing small ball would have been with Paige, Azzi, Lou, Caroline, Aubrey, Edwards and even Dorka- with a true pg that relishes to "feed the ball;" that Nika wouldn’t have seen minutes? Combined with the strength of the team that would have been extreme scoring from their wings imo is way off base not realizing what a pass first pg would do for overall "prolific wings." . And let's not mention her defense. Nika's style of play would have fit beautifully to all the firepower while her defense is top shelf. [/QUOTE]

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