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Message: [QUOTE="oldude, post: 4975212, member: 7511"] As we continue to see top WBB players from the BE leave for greener pastures, I have started to wonder if UConn isn’t a victim of their own success. That may sound odd, but think about how very hard it is for any other BE team not named UConn to win a BE championship (regular season or conference tournament). This past year, UConn lost 6 players to injury and still breezed through the BE schedule undefeated in league play. While Geno continues to praise and promote the BE, players throughout the league have to wonder whether there’s any real opportunity to “break through” UConn’s dominance. This not only applies to winning conference championships, but NIL opportunities as well. Paige, Azzi and other UConn players suck up all the air when it comes to lucrative NIL deals, leaving the rest of the league chasing table scraps. So for someone like Olsen, transferring to Iowa probably resulted in an immediate and substantial increase in compensation. I don’t have any easy answers to the departure of top WBB players from the BE to Power Conferences. I wish that I did. For now, I just have to hope that Geno and company can continue to maintain UConn’s national excellence despite the continued exodus of top talent from the conference. [/QUOTE]