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[QUOTE="pj, post: 2892270, member: 2524"]
I don't know. JC recruited guys to fit a style of play he wanted to play. That style evolved. When he was an underdog at Northeastern and then in early years at UConn, he preached pressure defense and transition because he didn't have the talent to match up in a halfcourt battle so he had to change the game. Once he could recruit top talent, he evolved into a half-court focused game. For a while he was getting top perimeter guys but not top big men (1990s), and could never break through to the Final Four until 1999. After the championship and Emeka's surprise emergence, he started getting top big men and began to focus on an interior game and shot-blocking defenses. He went overboard on the big men and some guard-deficient rosters, aggravated by suspensions and injuries to AJ Price and Dyson, cost him a few championships.

So I'd say JC always favored a specific style and recruited guys for that style and molded them to it once here, but his style evolved several times as his rising stature opened recruiting opportunities for him.
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