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Message: [QUOTE="Cuango, post: 4831057, member: 3834"] Liv always, always, made an effort! Sometimes she messed up, sometimes she made mistakes, but there was never any doubt that she wanted to play and play well. She showed both in practice and in games that she was here to play and to win! Amari has now been here 2 1/2 years and has shown none of that in games and I have to assume she shows nothing in practice as well. Does anyone here truly believe that Geno would not love to be able to use a 6’6” Amari for 15-25 minutes a game? Or, that he has done everything he knows to try and get her to a level where she might contribute? I have nothing but good wishes for this young woman who is clearly a smart, nice, and classy individual but she is not going to suddenly become the answer to our size problem. There is no answer at this point except increasingly tough defense, steady growth and improvement by Ice in particular and the team as a whole. As unlikely as it seems that we could get to the Final Four or win a championship with two starting freshmen and an undersized team, let’s not forget what happened last season when an undersized, outmanned Iowa team beat the juggernaut that was South Carolina! Sure, some things are going to have to go well, but can you think of any team that is more deserving of a break than us? This team is growing right in front of us! I have no doubt that we will be 20-30% better at the end of March than we are now. Ice will be a solid contributor, Q will be way better on defense, and we [B]will [/B]be capable of keeping [B]any[/B] game close enough to where Paige can lead us to a win! I think it’s eminently possible that this team can progress to a point where we will only need Paige to win one, perhaps two games for us. I mean NC State, SC, Tennessee kind of games! Every time I‘ve watched this team since they recovered from the Azzi announcement, they’ve gotten better and better! Even now we are once again becoming a team no one is eager to play and it is not yet January! Imagine how good we will be in late March! This team will be a force to be reckoned with by then and don’t forget, [B]never forget[/B], we have something no other team has! We have Geno and we have Paige Bueckers, the best closer in the game! She imo, more than any player in Women’s College Basketball has the ability to take over a game and snatch victory from the jaws of defeat! Granted, we’re not a favorite but don’t kid yourselves, we [B]can[/B] win it all! [/QUOTE]

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