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Message: [QUOTE="RegisteredUconn, post: 3362555, member: 1477"] Thanks for helping me clarify. My point was never to argue who should or shouldn't be on the mountain (other than DT, MM, and BS) let alone that Megan should. As I noted, or attempted to anyway, career long, superlative performance is required. It's like being in a group of valedictorians and someone comes along and you find out they've been valedictorian for four straight years. All are extraordinarily special but one is beyond even extraordinarily special. (And yes, I realize the analogy is imperfect; only seniors can be valedictorian). My point was that what Megan has done to start off this year is special even among the pantheon of very special players that have come through Storrs. Or maybe it isn't, hence the discussion. Maybe someone will convince me that what she's done is nothing more than just another day at UConn. It's entirely possible that Megan can't maintain her torrid start. As Jingo noted, what's going to happen once opponents start double teaming her. How will she respond to drawing the other team's top defender every game or suffering the incessant hip checks and scrum play? Or is victor64 right? Need I look no further back than Napheesa Collier. Heaven knows Pheesa was one of my favorite players from the first time I saw her step on the court as a freshman (even more that Samuelson). So smoooooth. Reminded me of a hardcourt version of Joe DiMaggio. Seemed to do the near impossible while exerting little effort. It was like she was just gliding, like she was playing on ice skates. But no, even as much as I like Collier, even as much as I admire her play, Walker seems to be playing a rung above that for the first quarter of the regular season. It's her play over a mere 8 games that reminds me of three that nobody ever argues about when speaking of Mt. Rushmore. My point was to throw 8 game worth of mega praise Megan Walker's way. [/QUOTE]

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