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Message: [QUOTE="Carnac, post: 4630409, member: 5798"] The "honeymoon" period is over for Ayanna. She's entering her second season at UConn. I'm hoping to see a significant sophomore leap in her. It's time for her to become one of the consistently solid and productive players that Geno can depend on this season, on BOTH ends of the court, [B]while staying out of foul trouble.[/B] With Dorka gone, her playing time should increase. How much depends on the development of Ice and Jana. No one expects her to carry the team, but she will be expected to contribute each night doing whatever Geno needs her to. If she can give Geno 12-18 minutes a game (some nights more) of solid productive play, that should be enough. We know the skill and athleticism is there. She just has to relax and play within the flow of the game. She should know the system by now. Come November, it will be 17 months since her arrival on campus last June. New players arrive on campus at the end of May each year to attend a summer session of classroom instruction and begin their indoctrination to "college life on campus." She should be ready. She's been around the block once already. Any freshman butterflies she may have had should be gone. [/QUOTE]