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Message: [QUOTE="WBBTakeover, post: 4995515, member: 13257"] Performance is not measured in a vacuum. There has to be something that you're measuring it against. That's where expectation comes into play. If a player is ranked highly, then the expectation is that the player will perform at a very high level at the next level. I do not see how that is such a difficult concept to grasp (except that you're wanting to make excuses for a UConn WBB player who has not lived up to her lofty ranking). If performance and expectation are not aligned, then there is a problem. That happens when a highly-ranked player fails to perform up to standard. That makes said player a bust. Yes. The fact that she was literally a classmate of three players who would go on to have better (and, in some cases, much better) collegiate and WNBA careers proves that. Yes. Zero NPOY awards amongst that group. None of those players made an All-American team for UConn. Zero national titles. None of them were lottery picks. ONO went from playing on Team USA to barely being a second-round WNBA draft pick--at 6'5. That's not a bust? Yes. It makes what Paige and Geno accomplished that year all that much more special. Yes. Aaliyah (the correct spelling of her name) is a two-time All-American who played in three Final Fours. She's nowhere near the UConn Mount Rushmore, but she's in a much better position legacy-wise than Azzi Fudd. Is it really that hard to grasp? I certainly didn't think so. [/QUOTE]