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Message: [QUOTE="upstater, post: 2079516, member: 153"] Gonzaga is the only one that is special. They have a singular coach who recruits very highly. If you're saying UConn can replicate Gonzaga, then I agree. But--chances are, UConn will not be able to do what every single other non-P5 has been trying to do now for ages: replicate Gonzaga. In fact, many P5s would love to replicate Gonzaga. Cincy? I even mentioned them as example #1 of what we don't want to be. A good coach who seldom recruits top 100 players. And it shows. They bow out first weekend every year. In fact, UConn had a better year than them LAST YEAR! Won the AAC championship--over Cincy. Beat Colorado, a P5 team. Many here are calling that a bad year. Well, it may have been a bad year, but it was still better than Cincy's year. And yet I agree with all of you that UConn should aspire to much more. My argument is the exact opposite of settling for mediocrity. Cincy has been in that groundhog day loop for quite awhile. SMU hasn't even done anything yet. As I wrote earlier, I don't think it's a stretch to say a New England recruit might prefer PC over UConn for any number of reasons: conference, location, and if Ollie leaves, coach. [/QUOTE]