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Message: [QUOTE="oldhusky, post: 4213660, member: 9844"] You obviously need both and some recent teams have been lacking special passers or shooters. In Dangerfield and Walker's last year we had a couple of great shooters, but the passing by Uconn standards was mediocre. Dangerfield was a good/sound passer, but you expect that from a point guard and the rest of the team was nothing special. Then we brought in two great passers in Paige and Nika, not just good, but the kind of natural instincts that can see an opening before it happens. But we lost two big time shooters to graduation. The next year we bring in two great shooters in Azzi and Caroline, and of course Paige is a great shooter as well. This year was supposed to be the year where we could put great passers and shooters on the floor, at least some of the time, and our bigs were supposed to feast inside against defenses that had to stretch to the 3pt line, and with great passers that could find them inside or the open 3pt shooter. Circumstances have prevented many of those pieces from playing together on a regular basis this season, along with sharing time with seniors (Evina and Christyn) who are good players, but were not great 3pt shooters. Next year between the 4 presumed guards we know of (expect to add a transfer later) we should have two who are great passers in Paige and Nika, and three that are great shooters in Paige, Azzi and Caroline. That is a group of guards that could be dynamic in combination that we may get a taste of this year, but can settle in with next year. [/QUOTE]

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