Any updates on Jalen?

[tzznandrew]

It's generally a good practice in life to not expect things we think are impossible to happen.

Believe me, I would love for the next Calhoun to show up and for us to have more 15-year spans with 4 championships and numerous lottery picks. I'm also smart enough to know that the chance of that happening is minuscule.

If someone expects a coach like JC, they're crazy.

However that doesn't mean this team can't be a consistent national title contender with lottery picks and All Americans. We have the infrastructure and commitment to do it. Duke-UNC-Kentucky-Kansas are their own breed, but given that we're in the American rather than the old Big East, our down years might be better than they were in the up years, even if the ups aren't as great.

And, lest we forgot, half of JC's efforts and brilliance were in elevating UConn to a Tier 1a basketball school. It took him a lot of his UConn career to do that (say, 1995 is sort of when we "made" it and weren't a flash in the pan anymore?). From 1995-2012 we had a ridiculous run, but a coach a step or two down from JC could still make the FF and win titles, even if it isn't like the 1995-2006 peak.