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Message: [QUOTE="diggerfoot, post: 3445870, member: 1673"] For the first few hundred games, yes, your statement is false. Auriemma recruited regionally for the first decade, from a conference that was not great at the time, in a program that was dismal. Meanwhile in her first ten years Mulkey recruited from a larger region and deeper pool, into a conference that was more highly regarded at the time than the Big East in the late eighties/early nineties. Of UConn's first three player of the years two of them were not highly ranked recruits from the New England area; he developed them into the POYs they became. After Auriemma won his first championship in 1995 he recruited nationally. I don't know how many years it took Mulkey to recruit from a national pool, but I'll guess it was much sooner. Griner was within her first ten years, correct? That beats Auriemma's prize catch in his first ten years. Auriemma's first highly touted class, TASSK, was recruited in 1999, thirteen years into his tenure. So for thirteen years Mulkey drew from a better recruiting pool. Consider that Auriemma still has a higher win percentage than Mulkey. That means his win percentage is greater now that he always has top talent than when he started, recruiting regionally to a dismal program in a little regarded conference. Even with the head start she had with a deeper recruiting pool, we will see if she ever catches up to Auriemma's win percentage. It's highly unlikely she will catch up with championships ... or perfect seasons. [/QUOTE]

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