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Message: [QUOTE="caw, post: 5012120, member: 563"] Agreed with that first paragraph. I do think there are a good amount of returning players who should know the system by now. Karaban, Diarra and Samson are all in year three+ and have shown they know the system offensively. Samson may be limited in how he scores but he has shown a pretty good feel for passing from the high post and dribble hand-offs. Stewart played more the fifth man on offense last year but you could see his understanding of where to be increase game by game. Ball didn't seem to have any problems picking it up and was only overshadowed by who was in front of him. I think those five have a pretty solid understanding of the system. I'm not worried about Mahaney at all. He comes from Saint Mary's. While not as intricate, they run some decent stuff as well. The three high school kids will have to pick it up but all three seem to have good BBIQ. Reed is the question mark. Michigan just ran pretty basic stuff and was bad at that. Love his highlights but he didn't do a lot that UConn bigs are asked to do (passing, screening, etc.) but he did show some athleticism that neither Sanogo, nor Clingan showed. That said, considering when he visited, I think Hurley has a good idea of what he brings. Ross and Singare are also kind of question marks but I think both will show better than expected if given the chance (especially Ross). [/QUOTE]