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Message: [QUOTE="oldhusky, post: 3743167, member: 9844"] I agree with everyone who has downplayed Williams and Nelson-Ododa being "the" key to the season. The key to a season is often the player with the biggest range of possible outcomes. Christyn and Liv are expected, like most juniors on other teams to make modest improvement and show more leadership. Are there reasons it could be more than that? Sure, in Christyn's case, she says it was her worst year in some time. So maybe we expect a little more than the usual soph to junior improvement. In Liv's case perhaps we can expect a more than normal jump because she has put on a few pounds. But that doesn't mean look for a total breakout kind of season. We largely know what they are, expect them to be somewhat better, but the keys to the season clearly involve the unknowns more than the knowns. Are Paige and the freshman class the real deal? If so that has a huge impact on this year, and in fact for three years after that. Quite possibly the key to next year's team will be the 2021 class as well, although probably not as crucial because this year's class more far more needed, and next year is a little like the cherry on top. [/QUOTE]