Kemba had a "sacrifice season" prior to going on to win a National Championship. Bazz had two. Just stop.
Even Kemba and Bazz aren't immune from this. I know I used the "Big east" as the cut off in my previous post but those last few years with calhoun started this trend I'm referring to as well.
Consistent power programs are exactly that, consistent. Consistent programs don't need to rely on one player every few years transcending into an all-American stud to carry a team to a title before clearing house to the draft and graduations thereby returning to a few years of chaos and unpredictability mixed with irrelevance until the next messiah appears.
How do teams like Kansas, Villanova, UNC stay at the top every year without needing 5 one and dones each class to reload? Because when one leader graduates another is ready to take over with a bunch of other good supporting guys who step up when their man in front of them in the depth chart departs. It doesn't even need to be the elite name teams to argue the point, look at West Virginia, Baylor, Virginia, Florida under Donovan, Notre Dame these guys have been literally pretty much been ranked consistently for over 5+ years now. Something we seem to have completely forgotten about that we didn't even think of say 10 years ago.
Uncertainty has been the only certainty for each year to year transition for UConn in this new era. At a time and place in the college landscape when UConn needs consistency more than it ever has, with its future growth on the line.
