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Message: [QUOTE="BBallF, post: 5284749, member: 10435"] I'm not sure what this thread is about anymore. It should be about our team and the way Geno has used and has been able to use the transfer portal because of the unique brand, achievements, and culture here. It also should be about the future. We have talked about "The February Metamorphosis" for years now. It's that fine tuning, that ratcheting down, that transformative illumination that seems to happen annually right around the end of the regular season and the beginning of the post season. This year it was just plain incandescent. The FF was a victory lap. The point of the OP was that if you look at our two Portal Pick Ups and who we have coming back, you see perfect fits both into the culture and the team's needs. It was brilliant and I for one can't even imagine what the 'butterfly" that emerges from the regular season "cocoon" is going to look like this coming season. We are talking power reminiscent of 2002 but taller, 2 bona fide Naismith contenders, speed, two strong defensive PGs, crazy deep players off the bench like Ash/Blanca (who knows who will start and don't let anything surprise you past Serah, Sarah and Azzi) Caroiine/Morgan/Allie/ Kelis/Ice/Jana/Gandy/ a healthy Ayanna, the ability to play any defense and any offense, full or half court press relentlessly in hockey lines, and a new addition underneath who is that power player we haven't seen in a long time and who may very well be the second best post player in the country. Don't get upset or suicidal if we don't play well or lose. It takes time to figure it all out, to get it just right. Remember, we may not have won the whole thing last year without that loss to Tennessee. Geno has picked up a thing or two over the years and seems to bring them along pretty well before they start to fly in March and man, did they ever last year. These two new transfers are UCONN players through and through and just make sure you get to see them in person and up close as much as you can, especially after they have emerged and have begun to soar. They have a chance to be one of the truly great teams. [/QUOTE]

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