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Message: [QUOTE="Travelman6, post: 4589619, member: 7597"] If you don't like dealing with hypotheticals this isn't for you, but an interesting thought experiment for those who do, I suppose. Virginia has had a very interesting six years (covid cancelled season included), would you be happy if Hurley had something like that six year stretch starting with the 2023-24 season? That would mean: A record similar to Bennett's 153-42 but with maybe 15 more games (that were lost due to covid), so lets say 165-45 over this coming six year span, 1 conference tournament championship, 3 regular season 1st place finishes, 2 second place finishes, one 6th place finish, with a conference record similar to 88-25 but with seven extra games so lets say 93-27 so that works out to about 15-5 or 16-4 average per year over 6 years. 2023-24: Hurley becomes the 3rd coach to lose as a 1 seed to a 16 seed 2024-25: Hurley wins it all as a 1 seed! 2025-26: Hurley gets a 3 seed and loses in the S16 to a 2 seed in a close game (similar to his Rhode Island game)* 2026-27: "NMSU part 2", but slightly worse, loses to a 13 seed as a 4 again 2027-28: NIT quarterfinal loss 2028-29: "NMSU part 3", but slightly worse, loses to a 13 seed as a 4 again Other than some liberty with that 3rd season, 25-26 (which was covid cancelled for Virginia), that is what Virginia did during their last six years. So do you take that deal? UConn gets #5 out of it, at the very least, or do you gamble and see how things play out naturally, perhaps with no #5? Maybe more consistent post seasons, perhaps not. If you would not take that deal, lets say he gets to his second FF in 2029-30, would you take THAT deal? [/QUOTE]

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