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Message: [QUOTE="NycUcWbbFan, post: 5010286, member: 13453"] I have sort-of implied that the 2024-25 team is deeper and more talented than the 2002-03 team, most certainly by January when the walking wounded return. Plus it has 4 point guards and is built to run, which augurs for a running game which the 2002-03 team was not. The 2002-03 team was an 11-player team with a walk-on (Stacey Marron). Nicole Wolff was a regular part of the (5)+3 rotation, before she suffered a season-ending injury on the [B]10th game[/B] of the season. The Valley sisters were part of the (5)+5 rotation in the easy games in the early part of the season. I don’t think Geno had any choice in 2002-03 with a [B]10-player effective roster[/B] but to go with (5)+2 after Nicole Wolff went down on tougher games. He does have plenty more choices with a [B]14-player roster[/B] of HS highly-ranked players / FIBA All-Stars / Ivy POY, battle-tested by January, most of whom are in the [B]0-1 year of collegiate experience[/B] and where the [B]running game is a potent option[/B]. But I agree with you that in the toughest post-season games, he will tighten the rotation to possibly [B](5)+4[/B] (Paige, Azzi, KK, Kaitlyn, Ash, Aubrey, Sarah, Ice, Jana). [/QUOTE]