Speaking of NCAA football and UConn's weak program which unfortunately precludes dreams of P5 membership in the foreseeable future, it is more vital than ever before to win this year's WCBB National Championship. If the team is able to win a third consecutive NC, I think that in spite of the big, unmatchable $$$ stipends the P5 schools will soon have with which to buy recruits, enough elite HS talent will understand that THE best coaching staff is clearly at UConn and that if their dream is to win championships, become the best basketball player they can possibly be and ultimately make basketball a professional career, then UConn is still going to be the place to go. I think there are kids out there who will resist the sway of the big money and who would opt to make the necessary sacrifices in order to be coached by the greatest coach in women's basketball history (period!) and max out their potential as basketball players.
Winning this year's NC, certainly no small challenge, is more important than ever and would go a long way toward assuring a continued stream of great talent to Storrs in the future, despite the $$$ inequities. It's fun to enroll at an Alabama or Texas if cheering for the football team with 80,000 other fans is what you are all about, but I think the really talented, motivated kids who dream of one day becoming a Maya or DT think first and foremost of developing their skills to the highest level. Where better to do that than at UConn?