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Message: [QUOTE="JoePgh, post: 3813253, member: 1131"] I don't agree with those who say that the make-or-break factor for how many minutes Saylor gets this year is whether she can consistently hit 3-point shots. I agree that is what the current UConn team most needs, and that it is supposed to be one of Saylor's strengths. However ... Very few 3-point shooting specialists begin their college careers by dropping 3's at an amazing rate. (in this respect, as in many others, Paige is proving to be an extreme exception, but 3-point shooting was never advertised as her central talent, so perhaps there is less pressure on her to live up to that.) We all know about Anna's 0-for-America experience last year, but I wonder if people are forgetting that Lou's 3-point percentage was abysmal for the first 10 or more games of her freshman year. I believe that KML did not show her inner Curry for the first several games of her freshman year. Saniya did not shoot 3's terribly well for most of her freshman season. I think Maya may have been another exception, but as with Paige, 3-point shooting was not her major advertised skill. And, as others have noted, it is very hard for any 3-point shooter to retain accuracy if she is only playing limited minutes. Finally, I don't think Geno wants to obscure the distinction that he has always made between shooting well and playing well. I think Saylor will get minutes if she plays well, regardless of her shooting. And I think she will play well (but not as well as if she had been here all year). [/QUOTE]

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