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[QUOTE="freescooter, post: 4031436, member: 1023"]
Cliff was a (very) raw talent with a high upside.  Not a soul thought he had a huge NBA career ahead of him.  Plus Calhoun had a tougher schedule.  10 games against 5 Big East teams that made the tournament, including 2 that went to the Final Four. The Big East was legitimately the BEAST at that time.  And UConn was the only team in the Big East never to have made the tournament since the league was formed.  People forget just how good and deep the original  league was.  From its inception through Calhoun’s first season it had 2 different teams as national champs, five different teams get to the Final Four.  Two other different teams get to the Elite 8 and the league was an overtime loss away from having all four Final Four teams one year.  That is what Calhoun had to contend with taking over the only team never earned a bid.  Indeed a program that some people said should downgrade the a weaker conference.  You can argue all you want about how good the starters Calhoun inherited were vs what Hurley got.  The circumstances aren’t even vaguely comparable
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