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Message: [QUOTE="Puppy Love, post: 3933139, member: 8101"] For those of you worried about the quality of play in the Big East, think about what the Big East was like when Uconn was winning its first championships. Mostly, it was absolutely horrible. I’d venture to guess it was worse than it is today. For me, what hurt us the most were bad recruiting years that preceded the good classes that we have today. The entire class that would’ve been seniors is gone. When Uconn has been dominant, it has had the luxury of playing the starters for perhaps three quarters at most and then subbing in the bench. When you have kids on the bench who are ‘almost ready‘ and have some experience, it’s a lot easier to sit someone for a while if they aren’t playing particularly well. I would think next year we should be a lot better, just because of the benefit of the year of experience. If everyone stays, (no early departures, transfers or key injuries) two years from now I would expect us to be back to really winning form. [/QUOTE]