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Message: [QUOTE="oldhusky, post: 4089621, member: 9844"] Agree completely with 1,2, and 7, and would not be surprised at the others except for 6. I suspect that virtually every returnee is likely to play fewer minutes per game than last year, including Evina even if she is significantly better. Every returnee has at least someone who "could" be a threat to their starting position (except Paige), or minutes in general (except maybe Aaliyah). It sounds like Azzi, Caroline and Dorka will get regular minutes, they come out of somebody's time. Geno has implied that he will not have to play some starters as many minutes because of the much improved depth. The percentage of the game played by starters in general should decrease some regardless of who those starters are. If Geno decided to pick up the pace, fast break and press more, that would be even more true, but even though I favor that strategy, I haven't heard Geno give any indication that he is leaning in that direction. Basically being better doesn't mean you get more playing time with a far more loaded and deep roster. The only player I think is likely to get more is Aaliyah, and that is only if she becomes a starter. If she comes off the bench she could get fewer minutes as well with Dorka playing some at PF in addition to C. Every returning player should be better because of more experience. Evina has the extra hope of additional gains from being more completely recovered. Christyn and Paige could be better after their surgeries as well. Liv in particular, but also the other bigs could be better because of going against Dorka in practice every day, and of course Aaliyah had the olympic experience. If I was guessing who might be the most improved I would would say Evina would be in the top 3 along with Aaliyah and Nika. [/QUOTE]

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