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Message: [QUOTE="CamrnCrz1974, post: 2674463, member: 1052"] I posted [URL='https://the-boneyard.com/threads/aac-lack-of-top-25-worthy-programs.124130/#post-2564780']my analysis in a prior thread[/URL] about the AAC, and I made an additional note [URL='https://the-boneyard.com/threads/jamelle-elliott-out-at-cincinnati.126941/#post-2644452']in the thread about Jemelle Elliott[/URL] being let go by Cincinnati. Here are some highlights. [LIST] [*]In the four years of the AAC, South Florida has made four straight trips to the NCAA Tournament, reaching the second round (Round of 32) in two of those years. South Florida [URL='http://realtimerpi.com/college_Women_basketball_rpi1.html']finished 14th in this year's RPI[/URL]. Jose Fernandez has done a great job of not just building, but making the program a consistent NCAA Tournament participant and a team that consistently competes to be in the Top 25. [/LIST] [LIST] [*]UCF is in the second year of Katie Abrahamson-Henderson's tenure, after she led Albany to five straight NCAA Tournaments. She went 21-12 in her first year at UCF - and winning 21 games had happened only [I]one[/I] time in UCF's women's basketball history (approximately 30 years) before KAH got there. In two seasons, she took UCF to the WNIT and finished in the top four of the AAC, something her predecessor had not done in the previous five seasons. And UCF finished 45th in RPI, which is incredible. [/LIST] [LIST] [*]Ronald Hughey is in his 4th season at Houston, after having assistant coaching jobs at high-level programs (Texas and Florida State, to name a few). Houston has only made 2 NCAA Tournaments in the last 17 years, and outside of one year in the past seven years, has not been relevant since 2004, when the team had Chandi Jones and Sancho Lyttle. This year, Houston stumbled late, but still finished 20-12, after losing to South Dakota in the WNIT. And with the WNIT game, Houston made its [I]first appearance in the postseason since the 2010-11 season[/I]. And consider this - Houston had not won more than 13 games since 2011. Yet in his four years, Hughey has led the Cougars to increased wins every year -- from 6 wins (2014-2015 and 2015-2016), to 12 wins last year, to 20 wins this year. Houston also returns its top seven players next year -- and three of Houston's top four players are sophomores. [/LIST] To me, this shows development and growth of other programs. The AAC is getting better. Now are these three schools ready to compete with UConn for conference titles? Absolutely not. But are these three programs demonstrating a commitment to getting better. [/QUOTE]

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