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Message: [QUOTE="Bone Dog, post: 4412560, member: 12088"] I was watching a replay of the Arkansas game, and it was full of pathos for me. First, of course, because Paige was playing, all full of hope and excitement. She scored over 30, all in the final 3 quarters. She essentially owned Arkansas. Azzi played 19 minutes and scored 7. Caroline only played 4 minutes. Lots of untapped potential in those two, and confidence fairly oozing from their pores. I couldn't help comparing them to Saylor and Mir, who didn't get into this game at all. Both would transfer out before Paige's injury. It's unfortunate that they did, since had they waited just a little longer, they'd probably have gotten a lot more playing time in the games that followed, when we were desperate for warm bodies to put on the floor. I'm most curious about Saylor, I think, and whether she finds success at Arkansas. One way or another, she'll find out if she can succeed at this level of competition. Mir, too. They'd probably have found this out had they stayed, and perhaps had success here, or ended up back on the bench by the Tennessee game. What strikes me now, looking back on them and those early season games last year, is how different they seemed even then from Azzi and Caroline. It's not about injuries either. They were all struggling with nagging injuries, though I suspect Azzi's and Caroline's were more serious. But Azzi and Caroline were ready to play at the highest level even through injuries -- you could really see this pretty quickly about both of them. But Mir and Saylor never really looked confident on the court, like they just weren't ready for D1 basketball. This train of thought got me to thinking about Amari. We've seen so little of her so far. Is she more like Saylor and Mir, lacking confidence, and therefore showing little energy, and perhaps unsure of her role on the court? Or, when we finally get to see her on the court against real competition for extended periods, will she have the confidence of Caroline and Azzi? [/QUOTE]

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