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Message: [QUOTE="EricLA, post: 4427138, member: 26"] This whole "full strength" thing has sort of morphed - the original post I replied to said that they wanted to face Texas when they were at full strength. I sort of meandered in my reply, but to clarify a bit... We don't even know if Caroline is going to play tonight, and even if you discount Paige and Ice, even if Caroline IS cleared, i doubt she's 100%. No matter what UCONN won't be at full strength no matter how you slice it. Frankly I don't care who is "out" for any team we play. There will be TONS of chances for UCONN to test themselves. Statistically it's unlikely that we would face Texas in the NCAA's (64 team bracket, we'd have to be in the same regional to face them before the final 4, and even then, upsets happen). So testing us against them at full strength is irrelevant (IMHO). What i DO care about is winning every game we can. The "numbers" when it comes time for seeding for the NCAA's does not account for players who were out at the time of the game, etc. Sure the committee manually can make some adjustments, but generally they go off the "numbers', unless a player is injured just before the NCAA's. A game this early in the season - all it will be viewed as is a "win" or "loss". So I get that some may not agree (I'd be shocked if there were a lot of subjects that ALL fans agreed 100%), but I don't care who is in or out for Texas. We are the walking wounded as well, and frankly, I wouldn't mind if Harmon IS out for the game. Side note - everyone is talking about how HUGE Harmon is for Texas - UCONN lost the best player in the nation (or top 2), AND one of the best freshmen in the nation (and one of our uber-sophomores is questionable)- and most on here still feel at the very least we are a top 5 team. Apparently other top teams ONLY have one or 2 really good players (that was sarcasm and annoyance at how the experts have viewed UCONN's chances this season). My point is it's a testament to how great ALL our players are - our entire team. Take Boston and Rayven Johnson off SC. Take Jones and Betts off Stanford. How good would those teams be? The list goes on and on. The talent we have is shocking when you start comparing like that. Oh, and next year's class ONLY consists of Arnold, Shade, Samuels, and El-Alfy (one of the top, if not the top, classes in the nation). To quote [USER=73]@Tonyc[/USER], the future is bright!! :cool: [/QUOTE]

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