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Message: [QUOTE="HooperScooper, post: 3706340, member: 10"] I think there's much more talent on this roster than UConn has had in a while. I know, not exactly a hot take. My biggest concern with this season is the inexperience of the roster. Not as much in actually playing NCAA basketball (7 players back and Cole and Martin have 2 D1 seasons under their belts), but with everyone playing with each other. The team has 6 new players who haven't played with the team yet - Cole, Martin, Jackson, Brown, Sanogo and Springs (who at least got to practice for a year with the team). Bouknight has played 1 season (26 minutes per game (mpg) in 28 games) Gaffney has played 1 season (19 mpg in 31 games) Akok has played 1 season (cut short but still 28 mpg in 25 games) Polley, Carlton and Whaley are seniors and Adams is a junior. No worries about any experience playing together with those guys. Add to all this that Polley and Akok are coming off major injuries. They should be fine but will it take them a while to get back to normal? So my main concern is with chemistry and how everything meshes. If everything goes well this team is going to be really good. But we may see some growing pains along the way until everyone gets comfortable in their roles and they learn to play with each other. [/QUOTE]