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Message: [QUOTE="oldhusky, post: 4955121, member: 9844"] I think the initial reaction is relief. The reason I say that is many were very excited about next year because of how many talented players we would have. I was in that camp too, but with a very serious concern. We were loaded many places, but with Aaliyah departing a big potential hole was at the 4. If Ayanna or Ice was projected there, that could be a huge drop-off from Aaliyah's level of performance and offset much of the gains we expected from new players and returning injured ones in the backcourt. Sarah means a potential area of weakness is now a strength. When Aubrey returns we could be great there with those two, and then if Ayanna or Ice make major advances, it might free up Aubrey to be a defensive rebounding option at the 3. But if Sarah and Aubrey are healthy we are not dependent on Ayanna and or Ice making a quantum leap from what they have shown thus far. Now our biggest potential weakness is at the 5. I think Jana is going to be very good, but of course is unproven, and I am not yet convinced Ice will be a significantly above average backup, or what Uconn expects it's backups to be, but she might be, and I am far less worried about the 5 than I was about a serious drop from Aaliyah to who knows, until Aubrey returns. In addition at least until now, there were not any really top level portal options, so if we lost out on Sarah the 4 was looking like a problem. [/QUOTE]