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Message: [QUOTE="NycUcWbbFan, post: 5010404, member: 13453"] [USER=3535]@hoophuskee[/USER] (don’t disagree with you) Geno deployed the running game when he had a deep roster with a bifurcated distribution of veterans and incomers that needed blending and [B]survive the tougher OOC schedule[/B]. It distributes minutes and hides the fact that the young team has not fully mastered his half-court offense and defensive schemes for the out-of-the-gate brutal schedule. He did so with the TASSK’s freshman [URL='https://uconnhuskies.com/sports/womens-basketball/schedule/1998-99']year[/URL]. It was working quite well until both Kiersten Walters and Sue Bird went down to season-ending injuries. For the toughest teams in the OOC schedule, it was a [B]stop-gap[/B] measure, until the team masters Geno’s schemes. For other teams, it is a way to bring the deep roster to bear, resting core players for the tougher games. Could it have won a national championship? Perhaps, but we’ll never know. In most of Geno’s seasons, he had a returning core that only needs to be supplemented by his incomers as needed to survive the OOC schedule. The 2023-24 team is arguably the deepest 14-player talented roster Geno has had while at the same time only having Paige, Azzi, Kailyn and Aubrey as the most-experienced veterans with Azzi and Aubrey unavailable until perhaps January. Perhaps it is by design that he has 4 point guards, several guard/wings, several mobile bigs, a plethora of shooters and several versatile players, but a running game is a ([B]not[/B] the) potent weapon utilizing his deep young roster. [/QUOTE]

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