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Message: [QUOTE="hoophuskee, post: 4330737, member: 3535"] I can see both. Just for fun argument purposes Azzi can get ahead of Paige in scoring because Paige "wants" to be more of a passer. Secondly, UCONN is not playing SC or Texas very often. Meaning that there aren't that many "top defensive teams" that can impact UCONN. It sounds arrogant but overall the past 3 years have not been best talent-wise for UCONN's offense. If you recall several years ago Lobo made a comment during a game UCONN vs SC that "SC couldn't score enough" to beat UCONN. UCONN's offense hasn't been like that for several years. Potentially UCONN's offense is similar (though understandably not as great) to that this year. Though ofc the better the offense possibly they sacrifice defense which could be UCONN's downfall too. But just talking about Azzi- she has many more "supporting players" that may very well be much better offensively than the last several years - and they gonna look for her a lot as well because she is probably the most efficient "shooter." Third, Azzi's mid-range jump shot was off last year. Possibly she can do more coming off of picks than KML and Katie Lou did because she can handle the ball much better. Maybe not vs "SC or Texas" but vs nearly everyone else - she can get off her shot a lot too. And if her 2pt efficiency at mid-range increases she'll even shoot more. Fourth, Azzi did have 17 in regulation vs NC State, and vs a terrific defensive team in UCF in which they know the UCONN offense well she got 16 (of the team's total 52 points). It's not like she can't score vs either elite teams or rugged defensive teams considering she was just a freshman and has been hurt a lot over the past 2-3 years. If she isn't hurt this year - then there is potential for an enormous jump. [/QUOTE]

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