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Message: [QUOTE="Carnac, post: 2417905, member: 5798"] Thanks Dave. When we look at the game broken down as you have done, the second half doesn't look so bad. We must remember that the game was all but over at the half at 49-14 (UConn should have had 60 given the free throws and bunnies they missed). This gave Geno a lot of "wiggle room" to give the bench some minutes to measure their growth and development and their ability to execute his system the first day of the season. As another poster pointed out, the starters had their foot on Stanford's throat in the 1st half, and had the Cardinal gasping for air (4 points in the 2nd quarter). As you have no doubt read there are a lot of posters here that are very concerned with the 2nd half play. Bottom line, Stanford really didn't begin to close the gap until Geno took some of the starters out. Also keep in mind that Collier only played 21 minutes due to early foul trouble. The starting unit is not the same when she's not in there. The overall "potency" of the starting unit declines a bit when she's not in there. Right now, there is no one else on the bench that can do the things she can do within the ebb and flow of the game. With the game no longer in question, and Geno having seen what he needed to, he began to clear the bench. Stanford exposed the fact that the "bench mob" remains a work in progress. [/QUOTE]