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Message: [QUOTE="Alydar, post: 4041712, member: 730"] Imagine a virtuoso guitar player joining a band. Despite great skills they need to learn to play with their band members. Each of them has peculiarities in their playing and each needs to adjust their play to every other musician, including anticipating when one of them improvises during a concert. Freshmen arriving at UConn have been used to being the focus of their HS team's offense and often are not given tough defensive assignments to keep them out of foul trouble. Then they show up in Storrs and discover that they need to learn defense, which involves anticipating what their team mates are doing. On offense they have to not only understand their own roles but need to know their team mates tendencies and anticipate their moves. Geno often comments that certain players are doing too much thinking and not enough playing. There is no time to think. Players must have internalized the offensive sets and all the options. And those that do that have "made the jump". Some take 2 seasons to do it, some never. Bueckers made the jump while still in high school. She is a prodigy. My sense is that Fudd is the same. It's rare to have one such freshmen. Prior to the start of last season Geno said that only Moore "got it" from day one. My picks for the jump this season are Fudd, Mühl and Edwards. And that is why I have high expectations for this season. [/QUOTE]