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Message: [QUOTE="freescooter, post: 4320307, member: 1023"] Umass would be interesting, but not right now. The idea that taking a bad to mediocre team and putting them in a better league will elevate them is not really true. Look at DePaul. We’ve been hearing about there potential forever. Through I don’t know how many coaches. Heck look at UConn. The Big East didn’t elevate us, Jim Calhoun did. Lest you doubt that, keep in mind that he was a guy who took a D2 team and in three years had them in the NCAA tournament pushing the Big East Champ to double ot before losing. Oh, and he would have been in the tourney in 2 years but the rules at the time prevented him from going despite winning his league. So while I actually do think UMass makes sense from many perspectives, I’d want to see actual sustained success first. [/QUOTE]