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Name your "All-Geno Team" 5 starters at G,G,F,F,C + 3 at any position 8 total--a fairly good number for most bench rotations.

Impossible, I know, and I did not watch UCONN in the earliest years. Just curious who your all-time greats are.

Your board has lively, informed, history on it. I'll hang up and enjoy reading if any of you want to give it a try.
 

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I'll bite...Tina, Sue, Diana, Breanna, and that fella on the Lynx(what's her name?)
Moriah, Rebecca & Jen get lots of playing time.
 

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I'll double down on the Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi, Maya Moore, Breanna Stewart, Tina Charles starting five. My bench is different, though - Kerry Bascom, Nykesha Sales, and Moriah Jefferson. I love Rebecca to pieces but she's not athletic enough.
 
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I'll catch flak for this, but I'm putting MoJet in to start, along with Maya, DT, Breanna and Tina. Sue will come off the bench along with Step and KML.
 
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Bird, taurasi, Moore, Stewart, and Charles feels like a no brainer to me. I'd take Jefferson, sales, and cash off the bench.
 
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G Bird
G Taurasi
C Charles
F Stewart
F Moore

Jefferson
Sales
Wolters
 
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Go to go with:Bird,Tautasi, Moore,And Charles. Cash Sales & you can't go wrong with one of the next five mentioned!
 

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Surprised Sveta is getting no love! And Shea! Shea by the way has the highest shooting percentage of any wing/guard for a career and for a season at Uconn - for a season she is the only non-center in the top ten at #8 .624, for her career she is at #6 .579 behind Williams, Wolters, Dolson, and J. Moore.

When I first read the OP I was thinking 'All Geno' like 'All Madden' - 'toughest, scrappiest, getting the absolute most out of their talent' as opposed to the most talented. That would be a very interesting discussion as well! Most of those listed above would still qualify, but players like Jamelle and Barb would at least be in the discussion, and Faris, Doty, and Thomas.
 
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While the stating 5 of Bird, DT, Maya, Stewie, and Tina are almost a no brainer, it's impossible to choose only 3 from Lobo, MoJeff, Cash, Shea, Svet, Dolson, Jen, Kara, Sales, etc...
 
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Starting five is a no-brainer, only because of what four of them have done after their UConn careers. Naming the next three is virtually impossible, though. One would have to put three generations of subs there, to be totally fair to the players who contributed mightily to this program.
 
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Starters:
Sue, Diana, Maya, Stewie, Tina.

Bench:
Moriah, Svet, Stef

I'll take this team against anyone :) although this was like Sophie's Choice. So many good options to choose from. An embarrassment of riches ❤️
 
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MoJett, Morgan, Breanna, Kia, KLS to start.... Three off the bench, lets see, Gabby, Boynkin...
 

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Starting 5 are easy.
1 Bird
2 Taurasi
3 Moore
4 Stewart
5 Charles

After that it gets difficult.
I'd probably go with
G - Jefferson
F - Abrosimova (tough choice with KML. But Abrosimova gives you more height, and you have Bird, DT, Moore, Jefferson, Abrosimova as 3 pt threats)
F/P - Lobo
 

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Starters:
G: Moore
G Taurasi
F: Charles
F Stewart
C: Wolters

Reserves:
F: Bascom
C/F Lobo
G: Bird

Close/tough calls on Montgomery, MoJeff, Sales, Cash, & Abrosimova.
 
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Starters:
Charles
DT
Bird
Moore
Stewart

Bench:
Svet
Sales
Cash

Really would like to find a spot of Shea, but OP said only 8 players.
 

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Starters: Diana Taursi, Sue Bird, Maya Moore, Breanna Stewart, Tina Charles
subs: Nykesha Sales, Mo Jefferson, Rebecca Lobo
 
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I'll go with Moriah, DT, Maya, Stewart, Charles as the starting 5 with Bird, Wolters, and KML off the bench. Though i will protest that 8 is too few. 8 is insufficient to rank the best UConn teams, let alone try to put together a top team. Also since everyone should pick Stewart, Maya, and DT, it really is a choice of 5 players.
 
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Starters: Lorin Dixon, Sue Bird, DT, Maya Moore, Stewie
Sub: Moriah Jefferson, Tina Charles, Dolson
 

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Starters:
G: Moore
G Taurasi
F: Charles
F Stewart
C: Wolters
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We differ by 4 names total (Wolters, Bascom, Jefferson, & Abrosimova). The last two of yours I gave consideration to. So I take it you are not that high on Wolters & Bascom. Numbers don't lie- check the UCONN record books.
 

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We differ by 4 names total (Wolters, Bascom, Jefferson, & Abrosimova). The last two of yours I gave consideration to. So I take it you are not that high on Wolters & Bascom. Numbers don't lie- check the UCONN record books.
You took the best point guard of all time off the starting team. And you put Wolters before Lobo. And you made Moore a PG. And you put Charles at the 3.

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I'll double down on the Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi, Maya Moore, Breanna Stewart, Tina Charles starting five. My bench is different, though - Kerry Bascom, Nykesha Sales, and Moriah Jefferson. I love Rebecca to pieces but she's not athletic enough.
The game has changed dramatically since Lobo played same is true of Sales and Bascom. Yet I doubt any Uconn fan can argue with Sue Bird, Swin Cash, Asyia Jones (?), Tamika William, DT except for lacking in size (compared to Wolters, Lobo, Stef, Stewie, ) they were, as a team, exceptional and made the game of Women's Basketball look faster, more accurate, and yes thrilling than many of the Men's games then. But for pure heart warming thrill --watch Jefferson on the fly she just proves the different level of play.
 

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You took the best point guard of all time off the starting team. And you put Wolters before Lobo. And you made Moore a PG. And you put Charles at the 3.

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You took the best point guard of all time off the starting team.
Bird is still on my team just not starting-see why below.

And you put Wolters before Lobo.
Yes I did and here is why. Both players made my team but Wolters is the starter because if you look at the champion season '95 the numbers were comparable 17.1 points & 9.8 rebounds for Lobo and 17 and 8 for Wolters. What gets lost in Wolters' numbers is that she actually increased her numbers over '95 season for the next two season when hardly anyone was paying attention. Wolters never shot below 62% for a full season while Lobo only shot above 50% 1 time- 54% in '94.

And you made Moore a PG.
No, on this team DT the two time Lieberman Winner and UCONN alltime assist leader is the PG and a better choice IMO than Bird who is only 4th on the assist list.

And you put Charles at the 3.
Not really but I understand your confusion.
I should have been listed my starters this way:
Starters:
PG:Taurasi
SG: Moore
SF:Stewart
PF: Charles
C: Wolters
Reserves:
SF/PF: Bascom
C/PF Lobo
PG/SG: Bird
 
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