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Message: [QUOTE="Marty Jackson, post: 2578207, member: 2291"] Hardly... The entire premise of the article is that uconn can't win because of the conference. If uconn was winning, it wouldn't be an issue. A league that has Uconn, Memphis, Cincy, Temple, SMU, and Houston playing good basketball isn't bad. Problem is, Uconn has stunk up the joint along with Memphis for the past 3 seasons. If you blame the conference, you have to give Ollie a pass. Here is what these people don't understand. Uconn doesn't have a choice if it wants to remain relevant on the national scene for athletics. Villanova, Georgetown, PC, Seton Hall, Xavier vs Uconn, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, West Virginia, and Boston College. Perception is critical and Uconn, even though they are in the lesser league still wants to be perceived as the latter group. Joining the Big East, a league where Uconn's athletic budget is probably 2-3 times larger than the next biggest school is not a fit. People don't go to games because uconn isn't even competitive. Remember way back when a ranked team would come in to town and you couldn't wait for them the get a dose of uconn toughness. when is the last time that happened? When was the last time uconn beat a ranked team mid-season? Ollie hasn't forgotten how to coach. He is simply coasting. And when he won the NC he did so without having to build the team. So yes, he coached his but off for that run. But since then, he hasn't been able to build a team let alone a program. Bottom line, there are two camps. those that want to blame the conference and those that believe ollie should take much of the blame here. [/QUOTE]

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