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Message: [QUOTE="Scotter, post: 2142230, member: 53"] Kia Nurse starting at point guard is no different than Caroline Doty starting at point guard for the 2009-10 team. I don't see how the four returning starters plus Stevens have any less ball-handling ability than that team's starting lineup. UConn has never required a pure point guard. It's actually a place where pure point guards struggle until they learn to play without the ball in their hands with Dangerfield being the most recent example. If you have four scorers on the floor and passing offense then you want a point guard who knows how to initiate the offense and get out of the way. Kia was doing that this year and she can certainly do it next year. How the offense reacted to losing her from the lineup should have reinforced just how much she was the one orchestrating the offense even if she wasn't bringing the ball up every position. If Dangerfield closed the season stronger maybe the case would be stronger. She was still over dribbling not just in the half court, but transition as well. And she wasn't efficient enough or scoring to justify having the ball in her hands with the starters that much, and still needs work defensively. Dangerfield coming off the bench and leading the second unit is a good role for her to continue to develop. If Geno needs her he can put her into the game at anytime. [/QUOTE]