About the last sentence of your 1st paragraph...
by cbiebel (2019-05-20 20:29:48)
Edited on 2019-05-20 20:32:21

In reply to: I would argue that it should be a criticism  posted by bmoreirish

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There is another program out there that, not including transfers, had to deal with 8 scholarship players returning plus an incoming recruit. In addition, half of those will be seniors, so not only will they need a big class (and/or quite a few transfers in) just to get to their standard 11-12 player team, but they will also have to replace those 4 who will be graduation next year.

That program is UConn.

They've had a grad transfer (from Murray St.) and a player from Poland added so far (are either standard level for UConn? Not sure). Also, there is Evina Westbrook who might get immediate eligibility, but that isn't certain.

But my point is that UConn, of all programs, was in that very situation that you said an elite program should never be in.

But it appears they solved the problem
by bmoreirish  (2019-05-21 10:08:30)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

It appears our solution is going to be to employ a 4-guard lineup. Sometimes that happens out of necessity, but not great that we are going into the year with that plan. Add onto that the fact that our lone post player is a year removed from a major knee injury. I just think we didn't have to be so thin on the front line.