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[QUOTE="JoePgh, post: 2643737, member: 1131"]
If Azura can score with reasonable efficiency against McCowan or Brown (and that may be entirely possible), then she should try to do that as often as she can.  Imagine what it would do to the Baylor or MSU defense if they had to bring a doubleteam to stop Azura!

If it turns out that isn’t possible (which I doubt), then Geno will shift the main offensive responsibility to the other players.

But my expectation is that if Azura’s minutes are limited in those games, it will be because of foul trouble or bad defense, not because of offensive inefficiency or a reluctance to pass the ball to perimeter shooters.

Azura has a significant mobility advantage over both McCowan and Brown, and Napheesa has the same advantage over Lauren Cox.  I don’t think that they will have difficulty scoring against those players, although they may have trouble defending and rebounding against them.  I think that foul trouble or an inability to clear the defensive boards are the two most plausible ways that UConn could lose to those teams.
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