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Message: [QUOTE="JoePgh, post: 4252078, member: 1131"] Your list of players omits any mention of Aubrey. I presume that is because you view her as a 4, but I think that is the wrong place for her. For one thing, there will be a lot of competition at the 4 next year: Aaliyah, Ice, and Ayanna to begin with. Aubrey is not, and never will be, big enough and bulky enough to contend for rebounds against other teams with size. She needs to develop a midrange jump shot, and then the 3 is the obvious position for her, probably as a backup to Caroline at the beginning of the year. After that, who knows? If Abby should don blue and white (definitely TBD), then I agree with you that Paige / Azzi / Abby / Nika will be the guard corps, and I think four guards are definitely needed to protect against fouls / injuries / excessive minutes leading to late-season fatigue. If none of them are excessively concerned with personal minutes, I think 80 minutes to spread among them would allow each of them to make a significant contribution, and allow Geno to go with the hot hand on any given night. On the other hand, if Abby or someone like her does not transfer in, then UConn will be uncomfortably thin in the back court. In that case, Aubrey would be the most expedient solution as the "fourth guard", assuming that she has a jump shot that is at least as good as Nika's. I certainly hope that will be the case. [/QUOTE]