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Message: [QUOTE="cohenzone, post: 5100514, member: 504"] The point is that 7 in a row is historic by any measure. Or 10 in 12 years It’s not like there weren’t any other very good teams and programs then. Duke, Kentucky and Kansas among others. So it wasn’t quite a gimme. The difference was Wooden could take a roster of hs AAs and mold great team basketball not the least of it on D. That is not in anyway meant to diminish UF or UConn. Or to ignore different eras. I just don’t think that one is greater than the other. They are both great on their own terms. Could the Babe Ruth or Mickey Mantle Yankees win as many WS with today’s playoff system? Probably not. Doesn’t mean they weren’t history makers. FWIW, I don’t salivate like some here do when a great Husky leaves after a year or two or get giddy over a recruit that half the board is speculating on how soon they will be out the door before they play a single minute of college ball. I don’t begrudge the kids who leave early, I would too, but at some point, maybe this year for UConn, guys leaving early will not produce a better result for UConn than if those players had stayed, no matter how talented newcomers might be. I’m a UConn fan and not in love with the modern NBA as some are certainly entitled to be. I would be much happier as a UConn fan to have Clingan around for a few more years. But as you say, different era, but not necessarily always better. [/QUOTE]