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Message: [QUOTE="willtalk, post: 2870293, member: 1220"] I totally agree that Slocum will make Pivec better. What I question is that it will raise her national profile or assure her as making All Pac 12. Slocum will make everyone better. What I disagree with is your opinion that Williams and Pivek are locks for the starting line up. I personally do not know who will start along with Slocum. Because of the void left both on offense and defense by Gulish's departure the dynamics of this team is still an unknown. A lot depends on how completely the replacements fill her role. Each of the available guards brings a sightly different dynamic to the line up. Each has aspects of their game that they excel in comparison to the others. My point was also that many of the aspects that the team relied on Pivek for last season will be filled by Slocum. The ball will not be in her hands as much except if she backs up the point guard position and Scott seems to believe that Goodman is eventually more suited to that. While she is better at driving, ball handling she is not as good as a three point shooter or defensively as either Williams or Tudor. She is better defensively than Goodman but not the three point shooter she is. My point is that it all depends on which of these qualities mentioned are more important to this particular team or which player might be most effective coming off the bench. I envision the guards not playing the minutes they did this last season. Ruecks history shows that he will play whomever he thinks will provide what the team needs. He is not that concerned about replacing former starters even if he feels a frosh will provide more of a contribution. They will get their minutes but not always as starters. [/QUOTE]

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