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[QUOTE="PvP, post: 5351668, member: 9955"]
First of all, UCONN had 4 of the top 10 players of the past 50 years, which will surprise no one here.  But I have to question the inclusion of Sue Bird, as much as we all love her, as one of the second team guards when, in my humble opinion, she was the third best guard in UCONN's history.  I would put both Diana and Paige ahead of her.

Diana's domination, essentially alone, in her last 2 years speaks for itself but perhaps it would be useful to compare Paige and Sue statistically and in terms of honors achieved during their UCONN careers.

Incidentally, because of an injury in her freshman year, Sue and Paige played almost an identical number of games in their careers at UCONN so totals, for the most part, are adequate measures without the need to compare per game numbers.

Player                       Sue                 Paige

Points scored          1,378               1,439

Assists                        585                 561

Rebounds                   330                 573

Steals                          243                 216

Blocks                           12                   82

FG%                            48.1                53,1

3 Pt %                          45,9                51.9

FT %                             89.2                85.0

Each was NPOY one time, Paige as the only Freshman ever to win that award and Sue as a Senior.

Paige was a First Team All American 3 times while Sue was a First Team All American once.

Paige was a National Champion once while Sue was a 2-time National Champion but I think it is only fair to point out that Sue played with 4 AP First Team All Americans while Paige played with none.

Sue was a great player but I think Paige was one of the top 3 players in UCONN history along with Diana and Maya and thus selecting Sue for the Second Team and leaving Paige out of the list altogether is indefensible.
 
And don't get me started on selecting Clark as one of the two best guards.....
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