4--- I'm not sure what "good" minutes means. What is the definition of "good" in this instance? It's our own opinion of "good." IMO because KLS can play like a sg and is tall/long/versatile enough to play non-physical power forwards -- every game UCONN plays- it's not like the other team's sg's and sf's and power forwards are all super players -- KLS, Gabby, Collier and Butler can get what I feel is pretty good/decent minutes (whatever that means).
I won't sleep on any of them including Chong and Ekmark (she can play sg). I think Boykin losing a year sets her back.
FYI - I think "good minutes" generally means time on the floor when there are at least 2 other starters out there, sometimes more. When coach pulls ALL the starters, or leaves Nurse out there with the bench players, the offense often sputters. But perhaps rwsleep has a different definition than I was thinking...
I hesitated to even chime in on this thread because we can't even agree who the starters are for next year, never mind the following year. We've mostly all agreed that Jefferson, Nurse, Tuck and Stewie are all starters. The 5th could be (in IMHO descending order of likelihood), Butler, Williams, Collier, Samuelson. But the year after, Stewie and Jefferson graduate so IMHO likely starters are...
Nurse, Tuck, Butler. After that, who among Williams, Collier, Samuelson or Chong comprises the other 2? And hopefully UCONN's not done with recruiting for 2016 so hopefully there is more than Dangerfield and Irwin. Anyway, then Tuck and Cong graduate. The following year...
Dangerfield, Nurse, Williams, Collier/Samuelson, Butler. But who the heck knows? Other recruits (maybe we land Cox) and who knows who else we land in 2017 to go along with Espinosa. And hopefully we don't have any, but injuries can play a role too...