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Message: [QUOTE="victor64, post: 2038455, member: 7101"] Imagine Nat's own frustration. She is as fit as I have ever seen her. With the bruises she is bringing to the games, practices for her must be like sparring matches that come from really working hard. My guess is that she is putting the extra time in because she knows she has a huge opportunity. I would bet that her goal was to get a lot more run with the main core group without any noticeable team drop off in play. That time now seems to come only when one of the front bigs get in foul trouble. Geno went big in the first half. Put Nat in and took Chong out. My guess is that Geno wanted to see if that is group that he could use for a period of time Monday. Nat got two fouls and was pulled shortly thereafter. It took Chong a long time to figure out the consistency aspect. Something she freely admits in interviews. Butler has shown signs on both ends of the court to be a significant piece of the puzzle. Unfortunately, now that tourney time is almost here, her time may shrink if she can't be consistent. I think the staff's patience with Nat will continue because they realize that 6'5 kids with her skill set are still a valuable commodity in women's college basketball. If "Chong" type play suddenly became apparent this year, she is quite visible next year, no matter how loaded they are. [/QUOTE]