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Message: [QUOTE="Cuango, post: 4466460, member: 3834"] The answer of course is, that no team in the country (even in my memory of prior years) has suffered the loss of so many quality players. I know there are certain Boneyarders who, every year become enraged at the (admittedly) frequent hyperbole about our bench sometimes being a potential top 10,20,30 team. However, let’s say every team in the country had only five players. Is there any doubt, given a normal preseason and beginning of the season practice schedule, that a team comprised of Paige, Azzi, Nika, Ice, and Dorka (all healthy) would be a top contender (probably [B]the[/B] top contender) in that scenario? Going even further, let’s add one reserve to this “injured player team” and add our other clearly injury compromised player, Caroline Ducharme to the mix as well! There is simply no way that [B]any[/B] team in recent memory could come close to fielding an “all injury team” that would approach that team on paper! Throw in the obvious advantage of our coaching staff and the true magnitude of our losses become very clear! Of course, (as I’m sure will be pointed out) none of this [B]really[/B] matters in the real world of wins, losses, bracketology, and most importantly, the health and happiness of our beloved team. Just another example of ESPN’s reflexive, at this point, dimininution of all things UConn! Voepel knows no other team in the country has come close to suffering the impact of injuries like we have, yet flippantly remarks that they have! I suppose, in the end, I’ll have to be satisfied with he sure and certain knowledge that Geno and company, will continue to obliterate ESPN’s petty little jibes and put downs, by overcoming all obstacles and (much to their consternation) showing up at the final four with a chance to win it all once more! [/QUOTE]

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