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Message: [QUOTE="willtalk, post: 2849955, member: 1220"] Pivec was an interesting player to follow last season. Playing as a point for the first time since Jr High was not an easy adjustment for a player with her skill and mind set. While she had a good game against ND early in the year, she digressed soon after. During most of the season her point guard play was the teams obvious weakness. However by the end of the year and during the playoffs, her play was fairly solid. I tend to believe that if she had to play the point this season she would do a good job. I think her problem was not so much her skill set but her off guard mentality. She would often attempt to do to much putting herself into some difficult situations. She reminded me of Sims play in the WNBA. Statistics don't impress me much. She definitely has a nose for the ball and that helps her in her rebounding. However some of that is because she usually leaves her defensive assignment early on shots to crash the boards. With Gulish taking a lot of shots and drawing defenders there were a lot of O boards to be had as well. Also with a team that shot a lot of three pointers at a + 40 % clip there were a lot of assists to be had as well. I doubt she will match those numbers this coming season, except perhaps points per game, which might well increase. He minuets per game, as will for some other former starters, probably will decrease this season. Unlike " Lotraders" perspective, I do not see Pivecs game taking off this coming season. The addition of Slocum skill set will impact Pivec the most. It will make her skill set more expendable. She will have to return to playing more off the ball, and some players games are more productive with the ball in their hands. The team has just too many other options from players who each bring their own individual but different skill sets to the floor. With Slocums addition one of the 3 other starters at guard will have to be a reserve. Then you add a more experienced Goodman ( who shot the three at a 46% clip) and the freshman Simmons who many people are also high on and you have many capable guards to chose from. It will depend on which combination will serve the coaches vision the best. More than likely they will just employ a bigger rotation which should mean less minutes for everyone. [/QUOTE]

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