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Message: [QUOTE="freescooter, post: 4320636, member: 1023"] Not really the case. 1. Calhoun was advised by Knight to take a job at ”the University of somewhere”/ because that was where the resources were. Still true btw. 2. Calhoun likely would have still taken the UConn job. He was not exactly in high demand despite his success at NU. He had been turned down for the BC job the year before. Even in the Yankee Conference it was a step up fromNortheastern. One can speculate as to whether he would have stayed long term, but he absolutely would have come to Storrs. 3. UConn was arguably the worst team in the Original Big East at the time as well as the worst job. Only team in league history not to have made the NCAA tournament during its membership. Every other member had made at least an Elite Eight during its membership. UConn was seriously considering leaving. 4. We returned to the New Big East because they needed another marquee name. Butler wasn’t doing it and we needed to put the Ollie mess in the rearview mirror and change the narrative. [/QUOTE]