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Message: [QUOTE="Tonyc, post: 3285656, member: 73"] I look at the polls and see picks based on top players on each team . Are they dominate...well not like Stewie or Maya or Diana but in this era of WCBB they are top players and in most cases will lead their teams. In some cases they are their team. The reason UConn continues to be dominate each year is because of other factors. Some of those factors are team chemistry, team discipline, team play, individual practice that leads to team practice, cohesivness, and coachability. Players need to be coachable. UConn runs a system and everybody on the team plays in the system and if they dont they dont play. Uconn can take one player out and put another in and they can run all their plays much like a well oiled machine. Repetition is the mother of skill but only repetition of the basic fundementals that will lead to confidence. You see you cant practice anything once or twice or 20 times and get it. Its a continual thing, everyday. As has been said you practice it til you cant get it wrong. However continuing to practice the wrong things over and over again will lead to failure in most instances. So this season many polls have Oregon and Baylor as 1 and 2. IMO thats based on their top players and players returning from last season along maybe with some freshman. Without a really dominate player they are beatable. Both teams have question marks that still need to be answered however as of right now preseason many believe they are the two best teams. UConn also has question marks. They need to fill a spot for a 5th starter and most likely it will someone other they someone who was on last seasons roster. Another question is how will ONO contribute this season. Another question is will Westbrook play. Another question is how will Makurat, Griffin and Adebayo perform. They are new to UConn and how long will it take for them to learn the system? Now we all know Geno has been able to bring players along and transform them into UConns system and become effective. He's done it in the past. I will repeat myself and say how many teams have a better 5th starter then who UConn can put on the floor and how much better are they then who UConn can put on the floor. Next I will say who has better guards then UConn? How many players are better then Walker. IMO the 2 biggest "Ifs" at UConn this season is ONO's and the 5th starters contributions. If its Westbrook UConn imo should be number 1 in the polls and if not we will wait and see. UConn is a very very strong team and has been a team lead by the coaching staff and not dependent on one individual player. By depending on the team to execute it takes the pressure off your star player. We've seen in the past UConn win big games without key players playing due to injury. UConn is unique. So to start the season we will learn alot. Sabrina is a great player and leader for Oregon. Cox is a great player for Baylor. UConn has 4 top 10 high school players and maybe one more in Westbrook. So all this talk about how good one player is versus another imo doesnt matter because it depends on how well the team jells around that one good player. Basketball is a team game and not an indivdual game and if you can surround your top player with a team that can execute then you can be a championship team. If not well then...... [/QUOTE]

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