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Message: [QUOTE="hoophuskee, post: 3740854, member: 3535"] In 18-19 Baylor won with a short bench. Look at their last two games in NCAA Tourney that were close. They went with 5 or 6 players. And look in 16-17 Final Four -- South Carolina went with 7 vs Stanford - 4 of their 5 starters had 32 minutes or more- with Wilson at 37. Vs Miss State they had 3 starters play 34-37 minutes and there other 2 starters play 29-30. I'm not saying during reg season play starters over 30 in blowouts-- but nobody suggested that. But in big games you go with your superstars - if you have them. This belief press press press with 9-10 players is the rarity. And until we see this team or next year's team on the court- we don't know. But the bottomline is that in big games we've seen UCONN do it- play their big stars 30+ minutes, we've seen ND do it, we've seen Baylor do it, and we've seen SC do it. These are premiere programs- and champions. The romanticism of press press press vs nearly anyone while is exciting - and of course possible (I'm not saying this year or next can't be)-- it's very rare for the women's game if you are a top 5 team. You aren't going to wear down enough other top 5 elite program 20 year old kids. They are extremely fit too. What's wrong with beating a team with your offensive execution utilizing your own superstars? And while some want to keep player 8-12-- well UCONN hasn't been playing 8-12 much in big games and neither has past champions as cited above. SO while we hate to lose them-- its worse to lose the potential superstar (i.e the number 1 recruit) which we have gotten mostly. If you don't play them enough - they will go to another school. And as cited before-- NINE of the 11 titles we were with DT, Maya and Stewie. You want a bet that they played over 30 minutes in many, many of the big games? They are more valuable than the 8th -10th player. [/QUOTE]

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