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You highlight a number of good points. I don't fully accept by MountainMan

that Emma won't start hitting her three point percentages until she has played at least ten games. Why not, three reasons: She played against elite players in tournaments with her AAU team. (Fast paced and highly competitive.) Secondly, she will be playing a mix of really good teams and some considerably lesser teams prior to the ACC. Thirdly, she will not be the focus point like she was in high school.

The second statement that I would bring up, is none of us know when Liv will be both available and in game shape. (That certainly will have a major impact on how we perform and when that happens.)

All the rest is very solid.