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Message: [QUOTE="hoophuskee, post: 3828855, member: 3535"] I don't agree with what you're saying. You speak of "parity" and "recruiting" not meaning as much yet you cite Oregon-- who had Ionescu. Ionescu was a top 5 player. In her same class was Cox. - No surprise she was an elite player as a junior and helped lead her team to a title. No surprise two years prior the top player was Wilson and they won. One year Notre Dame won - they had Turner and Shepard top 5 and their wings were all-americans. There has been an understanding on here that possibly CWill and Liv would not be so good - so that possibly has made me probably wrong now and in the future possibly because for example I thought Liv would be an A/A. But what does my probable wrong prediction have to do with parity? And I've been in the major minority with Liv so your accusation of UCONN fans overall imo is wrong. Most BYERs on here shared your skepticism of the 2, right? In regards to top players, some top rated H/S players never perform near their rankings though but that has been the case forever too. Thus that has nothing to do with parity either. But one thing we see is-- that if you have one of the overall best players (see my reference above Wilson, COx and Ionescu), then there is a good chance you are going to be elite, right? And by the way, UCONN had Walker leave early. What do you think would have been likely outcome if she were playing instead CWill vs Arkansas? And what about if she were playing vs Tenn - suppose UCONN could have sat Paige a little more? While I've been wrong a bit and may continue to be I'm a minority. Yet- your broad accusation that UCONN fans not recognizing the players struggling that you cited I think is highly exaggerated. From this board alone many have had concerns with the very players you cite. All it means is that this year UCONN might not be good enough. It has nothing do with not recognizing parity. [/QUOTE]

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