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Appreciate the Explanations, Insights .... by dillon77

..of both Tim and Baba.

Tim: I was multi-tasking waay too much yesterday afternoon after our game between watching other WBB games (Syracuse PG is fun! Jen Staiti of Georgia looks like --but does not quite play like -- Jess three years ago!), so I wasn't quite sure of the takeaway. Thanks for the fine tuning.

Baba, tip of the hat for the look into/from rankings, etc.

Since this in between-games time, a few thoughts:

- Hard to imagine being able to replace a lineup as stellar as this one. It took some twists of fate to get all of them on the same floor at once, so for me it's natural to not have the same amount of talent at hand.

- A lot of teams will be losing major components: UConn's KLS and Collier, MSU's McCowan and Howard, Louisville's Durr, Carter and Fuehring; and, Marquette's entire lineup of !,000+ pt scorers, to name a few.
So we're not alone...

- We've got Jackie back, thank our stars, who will be given free rein, much like Jewell was.

- Expect Mik Vaughn and Jordan Nixon to start, for sure. If all progresses, would also think Dani Patterson will be there, too. And Sam will be in some kind of rotation up front.

- The other guard? Might depend on who meshes best with the others. Could be Katlyn, could be Anaya. And Abby is going to get PT because she makes units stronger.

- Teams that will be good from the get go: Maryland, Oregon (if Ioncescu comes back). Teams that will get better as season goes on: Stanford (post-Smith), Baylor (Smith for Brown), UConn (if ONO improves). ACC possibilities: 'Cuse, NC State.

in the meantime, I want to see how our sophs and frosh continue to progress this season.