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Message: [QUOTE="hoophuskee, post: 3782745, member: 3535"] But you are talking about the greatest era of the Men's Big East and comparing it to UCONN's worst team in the since 05-06. A few years after Ewing and Mullin left the Big East didn't; accomplish much. One year Cuse won it all- but it's not like from start to finish they were super. They just got hot. Matter-of-fact imo it was Jim Calhoun and UCONN that saved the Big East's butt for several years even when UCONN didn't win the title. They kept the Big East "credible" as other teams seemed to disappoint during reg season and even in NCAA's including the Hoyas. Geno basically gets number 1 recruits but not every year is the number 1 recruit going to be super - especially year 1 and year 2. What UCONN is doing by getting to the FF every year-- shouldn't be. It's normal for UCONN (or any program) not to be A+++++++ every year. It's unrealistic to expect A++++++++++++ every year. [B]But Geno/UCONN has done really well despite it all- hasn't he? [/B]Final Fours every year. Two years in the last 3 of NCAA's UCONN gets beat by a buzzer beater. A buzzer beater. Those two years UCONN was undefeated going into the NCAA's. And it's not like they lost to "Princeton." [B]Didn't UCONN do really well? [/B]Or-- it doesn't matter whether you lose by 1 or by 50 or whoever you lose to -- the fact is you lost and that means you didn't do "very well?" [/QUOTE]