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Message: [QUOTE="Carnac, post: 2737068, member: 5798"] Geno on Crystal: "[I]I don't know that I'd trade Crystal for another point guard in the country, and she's only going to be better this year". [/I] There are holes to fill. Two of the most important questions are how much forward Megan Walker, the 2017 national high school player of the year, can contribute as a sophomore after a rocky debut season, and what roles Nelson-Ododa and Williams can play. [I]"Megan is going to be better," Auriemma said. "She looks great. She's worked really hard. Obviously she is really, really disappointed in the way last year went but a lot of freshmen, that's what happens."[/I] [I]"The guys coming back, hopefully, have all gotten a little bit better, and the two incoming freshmen hopefully can come in and play,"[/I] he said of Williams and Nelson-Ododa. [I]"[B]They may have to play a bigger role this year than the freshmen last year had to play.[/B] It almost reminds me of [URL='http://www.courant.com/topic/sports/basketball/bria-hartley-PESPT00008865-topic.html']Bria Hartley[/URL] and [URL='http://www.courant.com/topic/sports/basketball/stefanie-dolson-PESPT00008875-topic.html']Stefanie Dolson[/URL] [key contributors as freshmen in 2010-11], where they come in and you go, '[B]Hey, whether you're ready or not, you're going to have to go.'[/B] That's going to take a while, as the season goes on, to figure all that stuff out. And the schedule is even harder this year. We're going to learn a lot as we go." [/I] Reading between the lines here tells me he plans on playing the freshmen a lot this year. He sounds like he's willing to endure some "growing pains" along the way. We all remember the returning reserves as we last saw them. Until we see different, those final images and their stats, are what we'll use to fuel our debates this summer. [/QUOTE]

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