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[QUOTE="Gurleyman, post: 4962860, member: 175"]
I just love how the "blue bloods" are all clinging to consolation prizes and nonsense. Kansas on a December win, Duke on a recruiting battle, Kentucky on how big an imaginary celebration might be if they won again.

Meanwhile we are raising banners. This century, we have 5 titles and Kentucky has 1. We are 4-0 against them in tournaments, 2-0 in the Final Four, one in the Round of 32, and the Maui Championship. I look down on them. I'm in the older 'yard group, but too young to remember 1978, so I have seen 6 UConn titles and 3 Kentucky. I look down on them - I don't necessarily look down on Duke or UNC, but Kentucky has never been a UConn problem, and if they didn't hire Calipari, who I didn't like from his UMass days, they'd be pretty irrelevant to my basketball life.

And you know what ... if Hurley did leave, to the NBA or some other place for silly money, I feel confident that we'd keep it going now, and I didn't necessarily think that 5 years ago. Maybe Luke or Kimani is ready - or maybe we'd find the next up-and-comer. But we're a destination spot now.
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