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Message: [QUOTE="UcMiami, post: 3862036, member: 199"] As did Maya Moore eight games in when Kalana Green went down. Moriah Jefferson, Morgan Tuck, and Napheesa Collier didn't start as freshman. Samuelson was the third player tried as the fifth starter her freshman year and won that job by default as the other two (Napheesa and Chong I believe) had not done well as starters and she still averaged under 20 minutes as did all of those listed except Maya. Stewart, the last HS phenom, averaged under 24 minutes and only started 14 of 36 games as a freshman. Yes, every player would love to play every game, but any player recruited by a powerhouse program knows that game minutes are extremely competitive - Uconn starts freshman infrequently and only when there is not a viable returning player to challenge them. Some recruits look closely at the presumed returning roster of the teams recruiting them and make their choices based primarily on that and the probable minutes available - the smarter ones look at the coaching and style of play and team dynamic and the chance of winning more games than they lose and make different choices. Moriah Jefferson looked at the Uconn roster and saw an AA quality starting PG (Bria) would be at Uconn for her first two years and still chose Uconn. She obviously made a 'stupid' choice that limited her playing time as a freshman and left Uconn with her four NCs after a stellar career. :cool: [/QUOTE]