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Message: [QUOTE="Tonyc, post: 3384510, member: 73"] Is Big Mak. She is trying to create as we have seen in the past few games. We need that from our 5th starter. I have said it many times we need somebody other then our core 4 to light it up and from what Ive seen Mak is making progress. Why do we need her as a scoring threat? Because in the big games coming up opposing defenses can slack off her and even though Mak and Irwin can hit the treys they may need to create off the dribble as I expect opposing defenses to double down on key players leaving our 5th starter open. Griff does not have as good of an outside shot as Mak and Irwin . With that said our core 4 can score alot of points. Most teams can not match the talent of our core 4. They cant score like them and they will have problems defending them. Last night we saw some sloppyness and we saw some great plays. We saw some droughts scoreing. We need someone to recognize that and take charge whether its setting screens to get players open or its just running plays to get players to score. Still we're scoreing alot of points and many in bunches. Remember this when we play Baylor SC Oregon Tenn. They have to keep UConn from scoring alot of points and they have to score alot of points against UConn. That is not an easy task. Why? UConn has better more talented players and are better coached. Its tuff to beat someone better then you when they are surrounded by players better then the players you have on your team. No disrespect but UConn has 4 top HS players who put up alot of points and most teams can not match up with. So up and coming I see Mak and Griff becoming better scorers. Mak from the outside and attacking the basket and Griff driving and rebounding misses. They will draw fouls because of they way they play the game. They will be open more in big games as opponents double down on ONO and Walker. Both need more experience in games and they will get it coming up. We can talk about the 1 game in the last 16 days and the rust but we travel to SMU for a Sunday game. On Sunday we can not see rust with Baylor coming up on Thursday. We must see solid execution and we must see more from everybody other then our core 4. IMO that is the improvement we need to see. I expect us to beat Baylor by double digets. Some might think I crazy for saying that and it wont be the first time that fans think Im crazy with my predictions. LOL Why I say that is because the pressure will be on and great players rise up when the pressure of a big game is at a high leve and they are more focused in games like this. They want the ball. Alot of fans early on didnt expect UConn to be in this position at this point in the season. Well we are and we are better then advertisied. We dont look like UConn teams of the past and imo thats because we had invincible teams built around a nucleaus of experienced players. Still we are a very very good team and a very tuff out because of our level of talent. The key remains ONO staying out of foul trouble. She has looked much improved. Last night I saw Geno experimenting with players in and out of the lineup. I want to see more from players not named CD and MW. I want to see the attitude give me the ball when its crunch time and I will score. With Baylor coming up the focus will me at a very high level. Our weakness's will be exposed as will Baylors. Thats a good thing as it will show us where we need to improve. UConn 74 Baylor 61 [/QUOTE]

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