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Message: [QUOTE="Bone Dog, post: 5312598, member: 12088"] You don't need to defend [B]Kayleigh[/B] or KK from me. The point of my comment was not to diminish either of them. I think very few guards will play better defense than either of them, and that's the main job for Geno, as far as I can tell. They will provide the quickness at PG to help carry this team to a few more NCs. Being the quickest is not the most important thing, as Hannah, Milaysia and Rori have amply demonstrated -- none of them has been enough to carry a team to an NC. What matters is to "do your job" (to quote Bill Belichek) on a team where everyone does their jobs. This is what KK knows how to do, and Ash, and the rest of them, and Kayleigh will find her place right next to all of them. She looks like a kid who knows how to do the job assigned to her. To make my point even more clearly, ND beat UConn early this season, and Hannah scored 29. But it was almost entirely the result of a sizzling hot streak from 3 pt land. She shot 8 for 17 overall, but 6 of 11 from 3. Take away the hot streak and ND probably doesn't win that game, especially if Azzi had been available. The fact is KK and Kaitlyn took away Hannah's drives to the rim -- she only made 2 FGs from inside the arc and shot 2 for 6. They were quick enough and followed the scout carefully enough to shut her down. Also worth observing that KK and Kaitlyn combined for 21 points on 10 for 18 shooting. Is Hannah a better scorer than KK or Kayleigh? Yes. But that doesn't mean she's a more useful player. The platoon of KK and Kayleigh will be just what Geno needs. [/QUOTE]

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