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Message: [QUOTE="Carnac, post: 2526028, member: 5798"] [B]An excellent observation wwbfan1!! [/B]I'll take it one step further. The starters need their minutes, but hey also need minutes against "quality" opponents such as the Texas Longhorns. Last night, UConn's starters got valuable exposure from Texas (their style of play and level of intensity) that they didn't get from [B]Houston[/B], and they won't get from [B]Tulsa[/B] on Thursday. Iron sharpens iron. You can't get an accurate assessment of your team, nor can you prepare for the level of play you are going to encounter in the tournament by playing mid-majors, or lesser talented teams. There are some extremely "soft" conference opponents coming up on UConn's schedule. These games will afford Geno the opportunity to give his reserves e-x-t-e-n-d-e-d minutes before season's end. So when you say"[B]The starters need their minutes regardless if its a blow out or not", [/B]you are absolutely correct. There are different types of minutes. Ten minutes against [B]Winthrop[/B] [B](1-14)[/B] is not the same as 10 minutes against [B]Louisville (19-0)[/B]. There are only two more of opponents at this level left on the Huskies' schedule, [B]@ #10 South Carolina[/B] (Feb 1) and [B]#2 Louisville [/B](in Gampel) (Feb 12). Both of these teams will bring it, and give the Huskies all they can handle. Again, be reminded that UConn is the biggest game on their schedule. Will Geno try and work one or two of his bench players in these games? We'll see. [/QUOTE]

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