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Message: [QUOTE="bballnut90, post: 2661755, member: 2117"] Dawn may have an overload of talent in the backcourt next year. Harris likely mans the PG spot, and then you have 3 other guars 5-6 to 5-8 who are all talented players that should compete for another starting spot (Henderson/Cooper/Cuevas-Moore). If they go with a small 3 guard lineup, they'll really give up a lot in size. I'm still unsure about Tennessee. Honestly, on paper they should be okay but it comes down to coaching, and Holly is just dreadful. Both of our freshmen PGs struggled this year, and guards haven't improved under Holly so I'm nervous that Westbrook/Hayes will follow a similar course. Davis a stud and Jackson has made some strides (although she can struggle with consistency), but the front court is dreadfully inexperienced. We have Amira Collins who a lot of Tennessee fans are hoping is a top 10 type of kid rather than the #69 recruit she was labeled by Hoopgurlz, Harris who I dont think will ever see meaningful minutes at Tennessee, KK who is raw and very limited in game experience, and Cheridene Green who had some nice moments, but also could disappear and isn't a talented enough player to anchor the front court. None of the players were top recruits, and it'll be the first time in my life that Tennessee doesn't have an imposing frontcourt player to anchor the team. I like some of the incoming recruits, but again, expecting them to make a big impact is wishful thinking. I think we'll be in the 15-20 range. If we had a better coach, we could easily be top 10. Knowing Holly though, I wont be shocked if we are on the outside of the top 25 looking in. Something to consider is that if Wilson played both games and beat us in both games, we would've been 22-9 entering the tournament with our best wins being over Texas, Texas A&M, and Georgia. Likely drop to a 5 or possibly 6 seed IMO....which would've been more accurate considering our quality of play. Factor in we lose by far our 2 best players and the players we have coming in are not projected to be close to the same caliber talent wise, and it's a scary time to be a Tennessee fan. [/QUOTE]

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