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Message: [QUOTE="EricLA, post: 4805204, member: 26"] My $.02 - UConn is basically down to 8 core players, and 4 of them are freshmen. Each of the freshmen have looked like they belong at times, but at all times now, almost every minute on the court will have at least 1 freshmen... and none of them are Juju Watkins or Mikayla Williams. We are down 2 starters and nothing has really looked right this season. To think at this point that we could beat Vandy or Princeton - it's possible, but also just as likely that we lose. Just look at how close the Kansas game was. Kudos to Princeton and Vandy for being talked about. This team is a mess at the moment, but for comparison sake, Notre Dame is missing 3 starters, not 2 (Citron, Miles, and Prosper), and somehow managed to erase a 16 point deficit against Tennessee (causing an epic meltdown on their board) to win. UConn managed to battle back against UCLA, but replacing what we lost with what we have is a huge step down. I'd LIKE to think we'd beat Princeton and Vandy, but Princeton gave us all we could handle last season, and with Aaliyah MIA, 4 players injured at this time, Paige dealing with patella tendonitis, I'd expect a lot of games to look like the awful one the end of last season vs. last place Xavier in the BE. And I'm just waiting for the next injury shoe to drop. Back to Princeton - congrats on the sharp season so far. Also kudos to Seton Hall for playing them super close. At 4-3, they don't seem to be on a path to make the big dance, but I think if we play the season with who we currently have, the Big East will be peppered with land mines. [/QUOTE]

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