Calhoun is my favorite coach ever and he built this thing basically from scratch but your point is 100% true and it's not said enough here. UConn was in the mix but they weren't viewed as the premier program in college basketball under Calhoun and Calhoun wasn't viewed nationally as the top coach in college basketball. UConn is viewed as the premier program under Hurley and Hurley is viewed as the top coach in college basketball.
It's bizarre how some of our own fans take swipes at him and try and minimize his remarkable accomplishments.
There is no luck involved in curb stomping the field 2 years in a row by something like a 22 point average margin of victory. That was the most dominant team in the 64 team tournament era and the 4th most dominant team in the 64 team tournament era. He didn't do it with the same players...Sanogo, Hawkins, Jackson, Joey C, and Alleyne all left. That's 3 starters gone and 5 of our top 8 performers gone.