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Message: [QUOTE="diggerfoot, post: 3447860, member: 1673"] Hmmm. So much to address with your post I'll quote its entirety. It IS difficult to start as a freshmen, but Rizzotti did it as a point guard, Rita Williams did it (sort of) as a point guard, Bird did it as a point guard, Montgomery did it as a point guard and Hartley did it as a point guard. Do you see a pattern there? On the other hand our most recent point guards, Jefferson and Dangerfield did not start. Jefferson was understandable, both because the experienced Hartley was ahead of her and she had to learn to slow down. Dangerfield not starting as a freshman was a notable departure of what Auriemma did with point guards of the past, but a sample size of one does not conclusively support your emphatic position. Bueckers does not only have the skills but the leadership of a Rizzotti, Bird or Taurasi. It should leave one with some humble uncertainty as to who will start next year. Yes, let us have a conversation about Stewart putting the team on her back against Notre Dame. We lost three close ones to ND during the season; we lost one close one to Baylor. But we were a different team in the tournament with Stewart gelling and did not simply win against Notre Dame, but beat them handily. If Stewart had the same type of game against Baylor that we did against Notre Dame then, absolutely, yes we would win by all the evidence that we have from that tournament, Baylor was not peaking at the time. We can assume you are a Moore fan, Moore had the greatest four years of any UConn player, but if you do not think Stewart had the single most spectacular game of any freshman, indeed, the single most spectacular tournament as a freshman, then you need to remove your blinders. Yes, Auriemma says that Moore was the only freshman ready since day one. Auriemma sometimes engages in hyperbole to make a point, such as the time he made fun of Moore for never knowing where to be on offense, yet she still would end up with the ball and score. The fact is Rizzotti was absolutely ready as a freshman. She started, played more minutes and average more points than in the season that landed her on the cover of Sports Illustrated. I happen to think there were other freshmen also ready, like Sales, but since they did not start from day one (but neither did Moore) I will leave them out of the conversation. [/QUOTE]

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