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Message: [QUOTE="evmore, post: 3432744, member: 8693"] Not sure if this has been mentioned yet, but Vital is every bit to the Huskies what Marcus Smart is to the Celtics. Not as talented offensively as Smart, but means as much to the team.... pure hustle, makes winning plays, drives you nuts on occasion with ill-timed shooting but there is nobody i trust more defensively and nobody who's effort i question less than CV. He will have a shot to make a team in that same role down the road.. May take a few years in the G-league but stranger things have happened. As far as where he ranks on UConn's teams of the past, obviously he doesn't compare to the greats, and there have been so many great guards especially, that he wouldn't measure up. The real question is if we were to draft a team from those players, most people would make room on that roster for what he brings to the table. As far as AAC POY, every candidate is flawed & now that Wiseman is no longer & Precious continues to lose, it's safe to say the award is wide open. How UConn finishes this season will determine where he ends up in that vote. I'n not sure you can replace CV.. certainly can't recruit his skillset, you just hope your recruits possess his compete level and passion & it comes out at some point. [/QUOTE]