OT - 75-21 final score

[Paesano]

he is the best and finding and sorting out what he wants.

Exactly! He doesn't get the most "talent" from the standpoint of skills and athleticism but he gets a lot and what he gets has the right mental makeup (if one does not include this in basketball skills) and fits together.

 

[Paesano]

He's a little like Belichick in some ways.

Except replace cheating with charisma!

 

[Deadrody]

It has been Tennessee or UConn since early 2000's

Simply not true. And, it doesn't matter what Tennessee did or does.

EDIT: Top recruiting classes by year (FYI):

2007: ? - Tennessee / Duke
2008: Tennessee
2009: Baylor
2010: Duke
2011: ? - Tennessee / Louisville / Rutgers
2012: UConn
2013: UNC
2014: UCLA
2015: Duke
2016: Maryland
2017: Tennessee

All via Hoopgurlz / ESPN. Hard to find data before 2007. A couple of the years I had to guess based on the top recruits that year. If anyone has better data, by all means...

 

[HuskyNan]

Simply not true. And, it doesn't matter what Tennessee did or does.

2007: ? - Tennessee / Duke
2008: Tennessee
2009: Baylor
2010: Duke
2011: ? - Tennessee / Louisville / Rutgers
2012: UConn
2013: UNC
2014: UCLA
2015: Duke
2016: Maryland
2017: Tennessee

All via Hoopgurlz / ESPN. Hard to find data before 2007. A couple of the years I had to guess based on the top recruits that year. If anyone has better data, by all means...

Tennessee had two years, 2015-16 and 2016-17, with two number one ranked high schoolers and lost 26 games, didn’t win the SEC and lost early in the NCAAs. Their coach is awful. Talent isn’t enough to win as much as UConn wins.

 

[polycom]

Does SMU even have 5 bodies left? UConn wins ez

Thanks for the Jinx.

 

[whaler11]

Would have been great to see how he would have done in the majors.

 

[uconnfan68]

I think it is a thinner talent pool but Geno mirrors K and the Squid (not via one and dones) in that the cream of the cream go to UConn.
Men have a bigger and better pasture to shoot for (NBA) and the women's (WNBA) may be a dream for some but the immediate payscale is much much smaller and many can earn more in the private/corporate sector. Overseas the men have multitude options while most women overseas hold places only for the WNBA and their schedules don't compete - also, no womens GLeague.
In Geno's case, he is playing 5 McD AAs every night with a bench of 5 more vs teams that have a few HS All Staters and girls who love the sport but have no intention of taking it anywhere after graduation. I am only guessing but I want to say at least 65% of the guys playing Div 1 hoops are there in hopes it will allow them to play hoops for money as soon as possible.
Geno is definitely a different coach than your average Women's coach and has developed himself in so many areas. It is a great asset for UConn.

He’s played teams with more AAs than we have. Also difficult to be an AA from Canada.