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Message: [QUOTE="Bone Dog, post: 5086880, member: 12088"] Just to be clear, [USER=13453]@NycUcWbbFan[/USER] and [USER=3535]@hoophuskee[/USER], I said Geno didn't replace Aubrey with Nika [B]because[/B] the default starters at the beginning of the season did not include Aubrey. He was trying out replacements for Anna. You can see it in the boxscores from the season if you like: [URL='https://www.uconnhuskygames.com/2020/12/wbb-2020-2021-game-replays.html']WBB: 2020-2021 Game Replays[/URL]. It was Olivia Evina Christyn [B]Anna[/B] and Paige from the the first game. When Anna had to work through an injury, he tried Aaliyah and Aubrey in the position before settling on Nika. In other words, Geno had not approached the season with the assumption that Aubrey would be his fifth starter. She was just one of the stopgaps he tried before settling on Nika. And just generally, Geno has tended to use Aubrey as a 6th woman, and in that role she's one of the best in D1. Naturally, I'm not including the first half of last season, because injuries forced Aubrey into a starting role, and Geno had some humorous comments about this. I realize this is a fine distinction, but I think it's worth attending to because people often misrepresent the way Nika came into the lineup and also the way Aubrey tended to function on Geno's teams. [/QUOTE]