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Message: [QUOTE="Bone Dog, post: 5332278, member: 12088"] I’ve now watched a season’s worth of highlights and it’s clear that Serah is a great talent already. She is a stubborn defender and a strong offensive player. She has good post moves and a solid midrange game She can hit the occasional 3 but this is not her best thing. How does she compare to other recent UConn posts? She is a better offensive player, more skilled and with better range, than Liv was as a senior. And she is comparable to her as a defender and rebounder and runs the court about as well. Compared to Aaliyah when she was a senior, her game is quite similar, good post moves, strong defense and rebounding. And her midrange is also comparable. Aaliyah may have had a better drive down the lane or along the baseline. She also produced a lot of steals that led to fast breaks, and she was really good at finishing on the break. Serah runs the court well and can finish too. Dorka as a senior was a slightly more confident and prolific perimeter shooter, but not nearly as effective as a low post scorer. As a defender and rebounder she was comparable. Serah seems to have quicker feet and more speed in the open court. The upshot is that Serah strikes me as an upgrade to our post play, not just in respect to Ice and Jana, but also to Liv and Dorka. Only Aaliyah was a comparably well-rounded a talent, though she was not a perimeter threat. That said, I also think Sarah is a significantly greater talent than all of them. Her offensive talents are more extensive both at range and around the rim than Liv, Dorka or Aaliyah. Serah has really good low post moves, but they are not as flexible or extensive as Sarah’s. And on defense and as a rebounder Sarah is clearly also the best. But this is not a competition. Sarah and Serah will complement each other very well, I expect and they each will have better seasons this year than last, perhaps even Serah’s best ever. It won’t necessarily be a matter of simple stats. I think we’ll see two incredibly confident players dominating opponents in ways that may astound us. At Wisconsin, her frontcourt partner, Carter McCray (10.6 pts, 7 rebounds), was a solid player, but not nearly what Sarah will be for her this season. [/QUOTE]

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