The rotation is beginning to come into focus

[ERWUC65]

LOL, poor Geno can’t win no matter what he does

You play the hand you were dealt. Jana is a year away, Paige, Azzi and Aubrey have been diminished by injury. Ash has a confidence issue in big games, the rest are freshman or sophmores. All that said, there still is a path to the FF, albeit solely dependent on the draw/pairing as we would beat USC or TN if played again. The outliers are ND,SC,UCLA and LSU and anyone can have a key injury or bad game in the tournament. That's why they play the games...

 

[sun]

The best rim protector on UConn is probably Strong at this point. She has over double the blocks of Jana in less than double the minutes.

LOL, poor Geno can’t win no matter what he does

Dawn has been just as stingy about playing her SCar superbigs to her detriment too.
In SCar's game against Texas, Vic didn't hesitate to take advantange of it.
6"6" Oldacre took control of the game to put Texas over the top at the end.
The Texas superbigs combined scored a bunch of points.

I recently posted a comparison of Jana's stats to ND's Kate Koval and on paper they have surpisingly similar stats.
Some of Jana's stats were actually better than Koval's but that doesn't stop ND from playing Koval.
That's why I was kind of disappointed that Jana only played 11 minutes against Tenn while Sarah played 38.
That didn't work out very well for UConn which only goes to show that UConn has nothing to lose by playing Jana more and probably cannot win without her playing more in March.

 

[HuskyNan]

Dawn has been just as stingy about playing her SCar superbigs to her detriment too.
In SCar's game against Texas, Vic didn't hesitate to take advantange of it.
6"6" Oldacre took control of the game to put Texas over the top at the end.
The Texas superbigs combined scored a bunch of points.

I recently posted a comparison of Jana's stats to ND's Kate Koval and on paper they have surpisingly similar stats.
Some of Jana's stats were actually better than Koval's but that doesn't stop ND from playing Koval.
That's why I was kind of disappointed that Jana only played 11 minutes against Tenn while Sarah played 38.
That didn't work out very well for UConn which only goes to show that UConn has nothing to lose by playing Jana more and probably cannot win without her playing more in March.

I understand what you’re saying but those are averages. In a standalone game, if Geno thinks that a player isn’t giving the team what it needs, he’ll try another player. He can’t choose lineups or determine playing time based on stats.

 

[sun]

I understand what you’re saying but those are averages. In a standalone game, if Geno thinks that a player isn’t giving the team what it needs, he’ll try another player. He can’t choose lineups or determine playing time based on stats.

Playing Jana is the only way to neutralize the superbigs of our potential opponents.
I didn't even mention Betts or any of the other superbigs that potential opponents have sitting unused on their bench.
Opposing coaches watch these games and analyze our weaknesses.
You can see some of SCar's weaknesses that led to their slipping in the polls.
If a team is able to play 2 superbigs at a time then beware of them.

 

[PacoSwede]

yet teams who do not neutralize "superbigs" somehow manage to win at times. it's amazing. dare i say magic ... or the winner's combo of great guards, forwards, coaching -- and gumption.