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Message: [QUOTE="hoophuskee, post: 4385553, member: 3535"] 1-- You sent me a post about the discussion being about 2024-2025. It was post# 81 on the Recruiting Thread. That’s why I spoke of 2024-2025. So now you are not concerned about 2024-2025? Great! Neither am I! So, we're in agreement as of right now it is not "essential" to worry about 2024-2025 Posts? 2--- So, in regards to switching. If that is your huge concern, and we want to discuss that then why would you want [B]more [/B]posts other than 1? The more post players you have then it would stand to reason that the quicker guards which you refer to will give UCONN more trouble because they be switched off having to defend the guards, wouldn’t they? 3--- You are incredibly undervaluing Patterson if you think teams will look to take advantage of her defense once she gets settled. Bonedog please don’t take offense to my next questions. They are questions not accusations (curious why you think she'll be taken advantage of other than experience.). Why do you think she ended up being the number 4 rank recruit at 6'2? How do you think a 6'2 player with not much of an outside shot could get to a number 4 rank recruit on Hoopgurlz? Anyhow from what I seen I thought all of us would believe she being very capable defending outside. Hoopgurlz ratings says she has defensive versatility. It’s a highlight of her strengths. The prior year They called her a terrific extremely athletic perimeter player. That is another highlight of her strengths. That doesn’t sound like a player that teams will aggressively look to take advantage of other than experience. I'm just surprised that your posts are usually are very positive and I'm not saying you are trashing Patterson, not one bit. But you are seriously understating her permitter defensive (not offensive) capabilities. 4--- I agree with you that Patterson is not really a 3. I 100% agree with you there. And UConn will be in trouble if she has to play significant time as a 3. [I]But I ask you just to ponder this-- not trying to convince you. But just ponder and put your positive cap on. If Patterson is able to defend well enough on the perimeter and be the 3 defensively/handle the switches (It would mean she is nowhere near a plodder so throw last year out the window.), then you can see how she would also be able to fit well offensively inside too, right? Because potentially every one of the other big post players will have some degree of a perimeter/outside shooting game.[/I] [B]And also ponder this last thing - as you and I are both positive posters. Do you feel what I am about to say is a possibility? "Brady is just as good as she has been hyped on here. And as you are positive on Amari then in her junior year as an upperclassman she'll be okay. And Griffin could come back for another year." Are any of these things outlandish? If they aren't, then how desperate is UCONN in the post excluding Ducharme if we get another "Lou?" Because Ducharme will certainly be able to play at the 4 as well if Evina was able to as well. So we’d have even another body to play the 4. Duchamre is gonna be a playa no matter where u put her!! :)[/B] [/QUOTE]

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