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Message: [QUOTE="ctchamps, post: 5134084, member: 37"] The point is you don't mess with things when they are working. The 24 starting line up was probably the best oiled machine in college basketball history. Every player knew what every other player on the team was doing for almost the entire game every game. It's why the 24 team will be considered one of the best in history. Did it have negative repercussions. Yes. The downside is lack of experience to key players for this season. I got the impression most fans understood your preference and didn't agree with you. Certainly Hurley, Kimani, and Luke didn't. They probably remembered the loss to UCLA by the 94-95 Ray Allen team. A team which an argument can be made is the best UConn team of all time. It's extremely hard to win NCs which is why I value Hurley making last years team bulletproof. This season there are a lot of very good players who have weaknesses that last years five did not. Finding the right combination(s) of players that optimize their strengths and minimize their weaknesses is a process that could take all season. We've seen this under JC especially after a NC. I wasn't fooled by last seasons success into believing the coaching staff could get the same degree of success every season even with talented players. Last year was a positive aberration. Anybody who has been watching UConn basketball for more than a decade knows that preseason expectations should be taken with a grain of salt. The UMES game was about working in different combinations. I observed at least five that got significant playing time together. The staff still is trying to figure out what works. [/QUOTE]

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